Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the analyses the Government has undertaken on the effect of leaving the Customs Union on various sectors of the UK economy.

The government is undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work to assess, across a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis, the economic impacts of exiting the European Union. However, this analysis is sensitive in the context of negotiations with the European Union. We have committed to being as transparent as we can throughout the process of leaving the EU, but as Parliament has agreed, it would not be appropriate to publish any such information that could damage our negotiating position.