Economic considerations are one of the questions that will weigh on MPs’ minds when they come to scrutinise and vote on the Government’s EU withdrawal agreement. This short paper summarises what is known about the long-term economic impact of Brexit and what questions must be addressed by the Government’s final analysis of this issue.

When MPs return to Parliament after the summer recess there will be less than two months until 31 October – the date the UK is set to leave the EU. / MPs looking to make their voices heard will have far fewer opportunities to do so this time around than they had in the run-up to the end of March this year, when the former prime minister was trying to pass her withdrawal agreement.