MPs Demand an End to Government Secrecy on Brexit Papers – 12 Oct 2017 

Together with over 120 MPs I’ve written to David Davis, the Brexit Secretary asking him to publish the findings of an analysis the government has carried out on what the impacts of leaving the European Union will be on 50 sectors of the economy.  

Despite numerous questions from MPs and repeated Freedom of Information requests the Government has refused to release them. With the parlous state of the negotiations between the UK and the European Union, the likelihood of us leaving the EU in March 2019 without any deal and little or no information about what it is expected this will mean for our economy, jobs and future seems more probable. 

We need to know and understand the risks we imminently face. By withholding the information, the Tory government is unnecessarily adding to peoples’ uncertainty and worry about what is ahead of us. This government secrecy also gives the Tory hard Brexiteers free reign to spread their claims about life post Brexit uncontested by proper evidence.   

We need to know what risks the Government knows it is running, and the sooner we know the better. The clock is ticking. 

The letter is reproduced below;  

http://www.jostevens.co.uk/mps_demand_an_end_to_government_secrecy_on_brexit_papers 

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