Bernard Jenkin MP

Bernard Jenkin: Using Article 50 to quit the EU risks making a mockery of Britain's decision
29 Jun 2016 Brexit
Bernard Jenkin: Using Article 50 to quit the EU risks making a mockery of Britain's decision

No international court is going to insist that the UK government must submit the UK to a process laid down in a treaty our voters have just rejected, says the chairman of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs select committee
Bernard Jenkin: Jeremy Heywood's EU referendum guidance leaves civil servants in an absurd position – he must explain himself to MPs
01 Mar 2016 Brexit
Bernard Jenkin: Jeremy Heywood's EU referendum guidance leaves civil servants in an absurd position – he must explain himself to MPs

It now seems as though civil servants are being told to block information to ministers in favour of leaving the European Union, despite the fact that the same ministers are constitutionally accountable to parliament for the conduct of their departments. Today's hearing with the cabinet secretary must provide answers