Let us see the "secret studies" that show how Brexit will affect us

The European Movement is calling on the Government to release their studies of the impact that Brexit will have in fifty aspects of the UK economy. You can sign their petition here. As Catherine Bearder, MEP and Liberal Democrat, says on their website:

"These are studies paid for from the public purse, they should be shared with the people who paid for them - the public, right now. Mrs May, David Davis and the Tory party must not be allowed to damage this country irrevocably by pursuing a damaging Brexit. Those of us who are fighting for our future relationship with the EU need to have these impartial facts and the government must release these reports."

Indeed, The Guardian reported on Friday that David Davis faces legal action if he does not publish what the newspaper describes as "secret studies". Judicial review proceedings before the high court are being threatened by the Good Law Project, jointly with MEP Molly Scott Cato (from the Green Party), who wrote on Thursday to the Brexit department and Treasury, demanding the release of the documents within fourteen days. The Good Law Project Limited has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the possible action, should the government not comply; by 6 p.m. on 15th October 2017, this had already raised £60,790, which more than covers the £56,000 estimated as the amount needed to cover both the permission stage and the full hearing. If you want to donate to this crowdfunding initiative, you can do so here.

More than 120 MPs, led by David Lammy and Semma Malhotra, have signed a letter accusing the government of keeping "not only Parliament but the public in the dark". You can read the letter in full at David Lammy's own website.

And there is a parliamentary petition that you can sign, too, saying: "The Government must publish its own Brexit Impact/Risk Assessments. In the many months since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, government departments have prepared impact assessments which detail the consequences of Brexit for the UK's economy in 50+ sectors. Why have these not been made public since it is the public at large that bears the risks?"

Sources:

http://www.europeanmovement.co.uk/release_the_studies [accessed 15 October 2017]

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/secretbrexitstudies/ [accessed 15 October 2017]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/13/david-davis-faces-legal-threat-over-secret-reports-on-brexit-impact [accessed 15 October 2017]

http://www.davidlammy.co.uk/single-post/2017/10/13/Demanding-DExEU-publish-Brexit-impact-assessments [accessed 15 October 2017]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200634 [accessed 15 October 2017]