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Regional Select Committee (West Midlands)

– in the House of Commons at 9:45 pm on 2 November 2009.

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Motion made, and Question proposed,

That Mr David Kidney be discharged from the West Midlands Regional Select Committee and Mrs Janet Dean be there added.- (Mark Tami.)

Photo of David Heath David Heath Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 9:59, 2 November 2009

This motion is debatable if moved before 10 o'clock, so it would be entirely wrong for the House simply to rubber-stamp a decision of this magnitude on the membership of the West Midlands Regional Select Committee, without having a full and proper debate on the matter. I note that we have almost a minute in which we can find perhaps arguments on either side about whether Mrs. Dean should replace the Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Mr. Kidney, as the motion suggests.

Debate adjourned (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Debate to be resumed tomorrow.

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