West Midlands Regional Select Committee

The West Midlands Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committees of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008,[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081112/debtext/81112-0016.htm#08111228000014 House of Commons Hansard Debates from 12 Nov 2008 – Regional Select Committees Motion] following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon Brown on his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2007.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6255914.stm BBC News – In full: Brown's government] The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmvote/81112v01.htm Votes and Proceedings for 12 November 2010, Item 10].[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmstords/539/539.pdf Standing Orders of the House of Commons], Standing Order 152F.

The purpose of the committee was "to examine regional strategies and the work of regional bodies" in the West Midlands.

Membership

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| Richard Burden MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Birmingham Northfield

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| Adrian Bailey MP

| Labour

| West Bromwich West

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| Janet Dean MP

| Labour

| Burton

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| James Plaskitt MP

| Labour

| Warwich and Leamington

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| Richard Taylor MP

| Independent Health Concern

| Wyre Forest

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| Joan Walley MP

| Labour

| Stoke-on-Trent North

Source: [http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/wmid/wmid_members.cfm Parliament website]

=Changes=

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Leader of the House. Such changes are shown below.

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10 November 2009

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| David Kidney MP (Labour)

| Stafford