South East Regional Select Committee

UK House of Commons Parliamentary Select Committee

The South East 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,^[1] following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon Brown on his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2007.^[2] The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.^[3]^[4]

The purpose of the Committee was "to examine regional strategies and the work of regional bodies" in the South East.

Membership

The committee was first appointed on 3 March 2009 by the House of Commons, but only contained 5 Labour members as opposed to the 9 members from various parties as was agreed in the motion of 12 November 2008, due to the Conservatives^[5] and Liberal Democrats^[6] refusing to nominate any members as a sign of their opposition to the existence of regional committees.

	Party	Constituency
Dr Stephen Ladyman MP (Chair)	Labour	South Thanet
Celia Barlow MP	Labour	Hove
David Lepper MP	Labour	Brighton Pavilion
Gwyn Prosser MP	Labour	Dover
Andrew Smith MP	Labour	Oxford East

Source: Parliament website

References

^ House of Commons Hansard Debates from 12 Nov 2008 - Regional Select Committees Motion
^ BBC News - In full: Brown's government
^ Votes and Proceedings for 12 November 2010, Item 10.
^ Standing Orders of the House of Commons, Standing Order 152F.
^ Alan Duncan speech in Parliament, 3 March 2009
^ David Heath speech in Parliament, 3 March 2009

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