...instructing the Parliamentary Party as to their actions in the House of Commons be taken as the opinions of the Conference, on the understanding that the time...House, in conjunction with the National Executive." In the words of Keir Hardie, a member of the party leadership, the resolution amounted to giving the...

...instructing the Parliamentary Party as to their action in the House of Commons be taken as the opinions of the conference, on the understanding that the time...party in the House, in conjunction with the National Executive.'34 This position became known as 'the 1907 formula', namely that party conferences could...