Davis: ‘We’ll be as open as we can be on Brexit studies’

DAVID DAVIS has told MPS that the Government will be as “open as we can be” when releasing the Brexit impact studies to Parliament.

The Brexit Secretary said he was already talking to Hilary Benn, chairman of the Exiting the EU Select Committee, about the publication of the studies showing the potential impact of leaving the union on 58 economic sectors.

The Government has repeatedly refused to release the studies in response to freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions from MPS, claiming doing so would harm Britain’s negotiating position with Brussels.

But on Wednesday, Labour used an arcane parliamentary procedure to pass a motion to have the studies provided to the select committee so MPS can analyse how different negotiating outcomes could affect the economy.

The “humble address” is binding and requires the Queen, by convention, to respond to the motion.