The Yorkshire and the Humber 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,House of Commons Hansard Debates from 12 November 2008 - Regional Select Committees Motion following the appointment of 'regional ministers' by Gordon Brown on his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2007.BBC News - In full: Brown's government The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.Votes and Proceedings for 12 November 2010, Item 10.Standing Orders of the House of Commons, Standing Order 152F.
The purpose of the Committee is "to examine regional strategies and the work of regional bodies" in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Membership The committee was first appointed on 3 March 2009 by the House of Commons, but only contains 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 and Liberal Democrats refusing to nominate any members as a sign of their opposition to the existence of regional committees.House of Commons Hansard - 3 March 2009 - Col 791
Member Party Constituency Eric Illsley MP (Chair) Labour Barnsley Central Clive Betts MP Labour Sheffield Attercliffe Ian Cawsey MP Labour Brigg and Goole Shona McIsaac MP Labour Cleethorpes Austin Mitchell MP Labour Great Grimsby
Source: Parliament website archive
Changes Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees. Such changes are shown below.
Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 29 October 2009 Mary Creagh MP (Labour) Wakefield → Austin Mitchell MP (Labour) Great Grimsby Hansard
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