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Wrapping up her remarks, Kirsty Williams urges activists that the general election campaign ahead will be hard but "it will be worth it". She says the Lib Dems have the power to build a better Britain - and urges activists to go out and sell the party's "positive" message. She receives a standing ovation from the crowd, which includes Vince Cable and other party luminaries.

Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams says it is time for Wales to have a real say over its own destiny, which means having a "proper parliament" that reflects the will of the people and the powers to make a difference.

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Budgets are tight and times are hard but, in government, the Lib Dems have channelled resources to those most in need, Kirsty Williams adds.

Ms Williams acknowledges the party has taken some "knocks" in government, but warns activists not to "fall in to the trap of thinking that opposition is better". She criticises the Labour government in Wales, and accuses the party of undermining standards in education and the NHS, and its record on child poverty. Labour's "poverty of ambition" is holding the country back, Ms Williams claims, and tells activists it breaks her heart that Wales makes the headlines "for all the wrong reasons". "We are so much better than that," she insists.

The Liberal Democrats would give everyone an opportunity, Kirsty Williams argues, and says it will "forever be the positive party of British politics", which meets with applause.

Kirsty Williams aims her fire at David Cameron, who she accuses of copying Lib Dem tax policy when he announced in his conference speech plans to further raise the personal income tax threshold. She also criticises the Conservatives' plan to cap benefits, saying the party doesn't realise that "not everyone has the bank of Mum and Dad to rely on". Ms Williams dismisses the party's "dog whistle politics" and tells activists that while "they seek to divide we seek to unite".

Kirsty Williams says she is "proud" of the Lib Dems for entering into coalition government to "make a positive difference". She lists what she sees as Lib Dem achievements in government, including rises in the personal income tax allowance. A future Lib Dem government would go further and exempt national minimum wage earners from paying income tax, she adds.

Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams tells activists 2014 has been the year when "many have tried to divide us", with politicians "desperate to tear us from Europe" and Scottish nationalists trying to "rip up" a 300-year-old union. Now more than ever we need positive leadership towards a positive future, she says - and argues that only the Liberal Democrats can provide this.

Activists vote on the policy motion on adapting to climate change, which is passed unanimously. It calls on the government to ensure flood defence spending is sufficient to protect against the impact of climate change, and to extend the mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting rules for large companies to include actions taken on adaptation.

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The debate on climate change is winding up, and will be followed in a few minutes by a speech from the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams.

Addressing activists, MP Martin Horwood says the Lib Dems have a "proud tradition" of trying to prevent climate change. He praises the work of Lib Dem Energy Secretary Ed Davey in reforming energy markets to "lock in" long-term investment in low carbon energy. "But it's time to accept our weather is changing regardless, and adaptation needs to be just as high a priority as well," the Cheltenham MP adds.

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on the BBC story Lib Dem conference: Cable plans pay rise for apprentices. merryMikemichaelson says: The Lib Dems are completely wrong about immigration, completely wrong about benefit cuts and, in fact, are completely wrong about the great majority of things. One of the working majority writes: When will politicians and senior bosses realise that workers work harder when they are happy, so making them struggle on low pay which requires benefits to survive is counter productive and actually costs more in real terms.

Brian Wheeler, politics reporter

Germany has a left/right "grand coalition" between the Social Democrats and Angela Merkel's conservatives so why not Britain? The idea was given pretty short shrift by two Labour MPs who had strayed behind enemy lines to take part in a fringe on coalitions yesterday. Then again. as chairman Martin Kettle, of The Guardian, pointed out it has happened before.

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Lib Dem councillor Garfield Kennedy says the party should think "very seriously" about its support for HS2, describing the proposed high-speed rail link between London and the West Midlands as "highly questionable" and "deeply unpopular".