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Thread #162855   Message #3890900
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
28-Nov-17 - 07:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
Subject: RE: BS: Post Brexit life in the UK
From The Guardian
David Davis has been told he could be in contempt of parliament after his department heavily edited government analyses on the impact of Brexit on 58 industrial sectors before handing them to a select committee.

Opposition MPs accused the Brexit secretary of leaving out "politically embarrassing" information after he refused to include anything deemed to be market sensitive or that he said could damage the UK's negotiations with the EU27.

Davis said he was withholding the information because he had "received no assurances from the [Brexit] committee regarding how any information passed will be used". But that triggered a furious reaction from MPs on the Brexit select committee who were supposed to be handed over the reports after a unanimous and binding vote of MPs. One option, they said, is to trigger contempt proceedings against the cabinet minister.