Editing Yorkshire and the Humber (section)

==Regional assembly==
The [[Yorkshire and Humber Assembly]] was a partnership of all local authorities in the region and representatives of various economic, social and environmental sectors. The full Assembly normally met three times a year, normally in February, June and October.
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The full Assembly is responsible for providing regional leadership, agreeing regional strategic priorities, directing the development of the Integrated Regional Framework and endorsing key regional strategies. Membership comprises all 22 local authorities in this region, plus 15 Social, Economic and Environmental partners, and the National Parks for planning purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/About%20Us/What%20is%20the%20Assembly%20and%20how%20does%20it%20work/ |title=What is the Assembly and how does it work? |access-date=12 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820044437/http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/About%20Us/What%20is%20the%20Assembly%20and%20how%20does%20it%20work |archive-date=20 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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On 31 March 2009, the Assembly was abolished and replaced by [[Local Government Yorkshire and Humber]], until its subsequent closure in 2015.

Yorkshire is one of the two regions (along with the [[North West England|North West]]) that were expected to have a referendum about the establishment of an elected [[Regional Assemblies in England|regional assembly]]. When the [[North East England|North East]] region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, the then [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]]  announced that he would not move orders for [[2004 Northern England devolution referendums|other referendums]] before the relevant provisions expired in June 2005.

The committees for the region ceased to exist after 12 April 2010;<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster |date=27 May 2010 |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 27 May 2010 (pt 0001) |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100527/debtext/100527-0001.htm#10052726000005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014020658/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100527/debtext/100527-0001.htm#10052726000005 |archive-date=14 October 2010 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> regional ministers were not reappointed by the incoming [[Cameron–Clegg coalition government]], with the associated government offices abolished in 2011.