MP for Worcester, Robin Walker has hit back at reports he has not read Brexit Impact Assessment papers as "inaccurate."

It was claimed in The Guardian that Mr Walker, a junior Brexit minister for the Government, and his colleague had "told the Brexit select committee that they hadn’t bothered to read any of the impact assessments their department had commissioned."

The story prompted criticism from Worcester News letter writer Sue Smith, however, the Conservative MP has denied the claims made by The Guardian.

He said: "It (the letter) is based on an inaccurate story.

"What I said was that we are constantly being updated on our analysis not that I had not read the papers.

"If you look at the Select Committee Enquiry and question 231, you will see what I said."

In the committee meeting, Steve Baker MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, said he had not read all of the papers.

When asked by Labour MP Seema Malhotra if he had read the papers Mr Walker responded: "We have been constantly kept up to date with the latest analysis on all these things, and it is very important that we should continue to do that.

"As you have said, Parliament voted clearly that we would not be putting information in the public domain that could be prejudicial to the negotiating position.

"I do not think that is something that we are going to change.

"We will be sharing the list of sectors with you and we will continue to work closely with industry and with all parts of the United Kingdom to make sure that we have the best approach to the negotiations as we move forward."

For a full account of the committee meeting, visit http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/exiting-the-european-union-committee/the-european-union-withdrawal-bill/oral/72135.pdf