Mr (Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State for Exiting the European Union): Following
the Opposition Day debate motion on 1 November, the Government
committed to making arrangements to respond to the motion which
called on the Government to provide the Committee on Exiting the
European Union with impact assessments arising from the sectoral
analysis it has conducted with regards to the list of 58 sectors
referred to in the answer of 26 June 2017 to Written Question
239.
On 27 November the Department for Exiting the European Union
provided analysis covering these 58 sectors of the economy to the
House of Commons Committee on Exiting the EU and the House of
Lords European Union Committee. The reports were also shared with
the devolved administrations on the same terms.
As the Government has previously made clear, the information
requested in the motion does not exist in the form requested.
During the Opposition Day debate I told the House "there has been
some misunderstanding about what this sectoral analysis actually
is. It is not a series of 58 impact assessments." The Secretary
of State for Exiting the EU also made this clear before the House
of Lords EU Committee on 31 October and to the House at DEXEU
oral questions on 2 November.
The reports cover:
i. a description of each sector;
ii. the current EU regulatory regime;
iii. existing frameworks for how trade is facilitated between
countries in this sector; and;
iv. sector views.
We now consider the motion of 1 November 2017 to have been
satisfied.
