Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 February 2017, Official Report, column 1218, if he will list those 58 economic sectors.

The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across Government, continues to undertake a wide range of data analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy. We are looking at over 50 sectors as well as cross-cutting regulatory issues. This will inform the UK's position for the upcoming negotiations with our EU partners. The Government's plan for leaving the EU has been discussed at length, and Parliament will have a say on the final deal we achieve with the European Union by putting that deal to a vote in both Houses before it comes into force. But as Parliament has also agreed, we will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for Britain.