The West Midlands 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 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional minister

Regional minister

In England, regional ministers were appointed from 2007 on a part-time basis as part of the Government of the United Kingdom. Each minister had other departmental responsibilities, as well as specific responsibilities for one of the English regions...

s' by Gordon Brown

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 West Midlands.

Membership

Member		Party	Constituency
	Richard Burden Richard Burden Richard Burden is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield since 1992. Together with close friend and fellow ex-Young Liberal Peter Hain M.P., he was an enthusiastic supporter of the ill-fated Alternative Vote system in the May 2011...  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...	Birmingham Northfield
	Adrian Bailey Adrian Bailey Adrian Edward Bailey is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West since winning the seat at a by-election in 2000...  MP	Labour	West Bromwich West
	Janet Dean Janet Dean Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Burton from 1997 to 2010....  MP	Labour	Burton Burton (UK Parliament constituency) Burton 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:...
	James Plaskitt James Plaskitt James Andrew Plaskitt is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington from 1997 until his defeat at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Warwich and Leamington
	Richard Taylor Richard Taylor (UK politician) Richard Thomas Taylor FRCP is an English doctor and former politician. He served as an Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest between 2001 and 2010...  MP	Independent Health Concern	Wyre Forest Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency) Wyre Forest 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...
	Joan Walley Joan Walley Joan Lorraine Walley is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North since 1987.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North

Source: 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

Leader of the House of Commons

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. Such changes are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
Nov 10, 2009		David Kidney David Kidney David Neil Kidney is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...  MP (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... )	Stafford Stafford (UK Parliament constituency) Stafford 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. The sitting MP is the Conservative Jeremy Lefroy....	→		Janet Dean Janet Dean Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Burton from 1997 to 2010....  MP (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... )	Burton Burton (UK Parliament constituency) Burton 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:...	Hansard