Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Christine Jardine Excerpts
Wednesday 25th October 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman does not follow the Scottish Affairs Committee’s deliberations; he used to be a very prominent member of it. I made it very clear yesterday that there was a sharing of analysis, as is appropriate between Governments, but we will not be publishing anything that will be detrimental to our negotiations, and that is what the people of Scotland would want.

Christine Jardine Portrait Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)
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Given that, as we have heard, information has been shared with the Scottish Government, would it not be appropriate to make it public and perhaps to impress on the Scottish Government that they should also do that? The people of Scotland should see what the impact of Brexit is going to be in order to make a proper assessment of it.

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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We are regularly called on to respect the Scottish Government. I respect the Scottish Government and this Government respect the Scottish Government—that is why we are working with them on Brexit. But it would not be in the interests of Scotland or the United Kingdom to publish any information that would be detrimental to our negotiating position.