This question is Economic Situation: Brexit asked by John Birt, the Crossbench Peer member of the House of Lords. He was born in Liverpool and educated at the direct-grant grammar school at St. Mary’s College, Crosby, near Liverpool. He is a British television executive and businessman and he was a former Director-General (1992–2000) of the BBC. He published the question on Tuesday 27th August. Fiona Twycross, the Baroness Twycross responded.

 Here is the question and response:

Lord Birt: To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commission a study on the benefits and disbenefits of the UK’s departure from the EU, and in particular its impact on the UK economy.

Baroness Twycross: The Government is currently focused on looking forwards and resetting the relationship with our European friends. As such the Prime Minister hosted 45 leaders from across Europe to the European Political Community on Thursday 18 July, to enhance cooperation on European security and other shared challenges the continent faces. Publicly available research on the interactions between the UK-EU relationship and the UK economy is widely accessible.