title: West Midlands Regional Select Committee
text: # 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, following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon Brown 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 MP (Chair) | Labour | Birmingham Northfield |
  | Adrian Bailey MP | Labour | West Bromwich West |
  | Janet Dean MP | Labour | Burton |
  | James Plaskitt MP | Labour | Warwich and Leamington |
  | Richard Taylor MP | Independent Health Concern | Wyre Forest |
  | Joan Walley 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. Such changes are shown below.
  
  | Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 November 2009 | | David Kidney MP (Labour) | Stafford | → | | Janet Dean MP (Labour) | Burton | Hansard |
  