West Midlands Select Committee

I am the Chair of the West Midlands Regional Select Committee in the House of Commons.

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.

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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.

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The impact of the current economic and financial situation on businesses in the West Midlands Region

Our first report looking at the impact of the current economic and financial situation on businesses in the West Midlands Region was published on 23 July 2009.

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