The East 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 East Midlands

East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

.

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

Conservative Party (UK)

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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
	Paddy Tipping Paddy Tipping Simon Patrick Tipping is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Sherwood from 1992 to 2010.-Early life:...  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...	Sherwood Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency) Sherwood 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:...
	John Heppell John Heppell John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...  MP	Labour	Nottingham East Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham East 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.-Boundaries:...
	Bob Laxton MP	Labour	Derby North
	Judy Mallaber Judy Mallaber Clare Judith Mallaber known as Judy Mallaber is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley from 1997 to 2010.- Early life :She went to the North London Collegiate School....  MP	Labour	Amber Valley Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Amber Valley 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 voting system. It is a marginal constituency between the Conservative and Labour parties...
	Sir Peter Soulsby Peter Soulsby Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby is a British Labour Party politician and the current Mayor of Leicester. He was the Member of Parliament for Leicester South from 2005 until he resigned in order to contest the new post of mayor in April 2011...  MP	Labour	Leicester South Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester South 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 voting system...

Source: Parliament website