West Midlands Select Committee
I was the Chair of the West Midlands Regional Select Committee in the last Parliament.
People in the West Midlands can sometimes feel that the world of politics and of government is remote from their everyday lives: that they don’t have real influence over the decisions that affect them and their family. I want to see the new West Midlands Regional Select Committee help to address that. All of the MPs on the Committee live in the West Midlands and represent local constituencies.
The issues our region is facing are real enough – real issues and they affect real people. We know that right now businesses in the West Midlands are facing a really challenging time. That’s why one of our first actions will be to look at the availability of bank credit and how the support that Government is making available to business is working here in the region.
The new Regional Select Committee has the potential to have a real impact in the West Midlands. We will show that people’s concerns about their jobs and their families’ futures are at the centre of our concerns here in Parliament.
Fourth report published
Making the Voice of the West Midlands heard: the Work of the Committee, and the future for the Region
Our final report before the 2010 General Election looked back at the work of the Committee and considered how the regional tier of government might be developed in the future. This report was also published on 8 April 2010.
Second report published
The effect of the economic downturn on the people in the West Midlands
Our second report looking at how effective government help has been in supporting people through unemployment, housing issues and debt during the economic downturn was published on 26 January 2009.
Click here for more information and to read a copy of the report
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