A similar point was made by Councillor Patricia Quigley MBE from Hackney South and Shoreditch. The delegate from the east London constituency had submitted a motion criticising “Britain arming Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza” and urged conference to reject the agenda unless it was restored. “There are a number of emergency motions on the Middle East and they will be discussed on the conference timetable”, she added. Despite the protests, the conference voted to accept the Conference Arrangement Committee’s report and to continue with the conference’s agenda as planned. However, several Labour senior Labour figures have used more robust language to criticise the Israel.