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Written question asked by Ged Killen (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 January 2018 (named day). It was answered by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2018 on behalf of the Department for Exiting the European Union.

Brexit

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 118696 on Brexit and the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Scotland of 24 January 2018, what steps his Department is taking to make available the non-redacted sectoral reports to Members of the Scottish Parliament.

Answer

We have provided sectoral information to Parliament as required by the motion passed by the House of Commons on 1 November 2017. As we made clear on the 21 December 2017 in answer to Question 118696, the same information was shared with the devolved administrations and the reports are now the property of the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the European Union. The Committee made these reports partially available at: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/exiting-the-european-union-committee/publications/


The Department will continue to balance our commitment to transparency with the need to protect information which could undermine the UK’s ability to negotiate the best deal for the UK. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
124722
Session
2017-19
Related items
Brexit
Thursday, 21 December 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disclosure of information Devolution Economic situation Scotland Economic analysis Brexit
Link
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