The North West Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons

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 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on November 12, 2008, following the appointment of 'regional minister

Regional minister

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s' by Gordon Brown

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 on his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2007. The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.

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

Membership

The committee was first appointed on 3 March 2009 by the House of Commons, but only contained 5 Labour

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 members as opposed to the 9 members from various parties as was agreed in the motion of 12 November 2008, due to the Conservatives

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 and Liberal Democrats refusing to nominate any members as a sign of their opposition to the existence of regional committees.

Member		Party	Constituency
	David Crausby David Crausby David Anthony Crausby is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bolton North East since 1997.-Professional career:...  MP (Chair)	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	Bolton North East
	Rosie Cooper Rosie Cooper Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Lancashire since 2005.- Early years :Cooper was born in Liverpool, the daughter of deaf parents...  MP	Labour	West Lancashire West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency) West Lancashire is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
	Tony Lloyd Tony Lloyd Anthony Joseph 'Tony' Lloyd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Central since 1997.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Manchester Central Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency) Manchester Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat...
	Eric Martlew Eric Martlew Eric Anthony Martlew is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Carlisle from 1987 until he stood down in 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Carlisle Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was a Labour seat from 1964 until 2010, although the Conservatives came close to victory in the elections in...
	Geraldine Smith Geraldine Smith Maria Geraldine Smith is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Morecambe and Lunesdale

Source: Parliament website