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Senior figures at Holyrood have lambasted the UK government for giving MSPs heavily-controlled access to its preliminary reports on Brexit at very short notice in Edinburgh, a day before Holyrood breaks up for a week’s recess.

Ken McIntosh, the Scottish parliament’s presiding officer, told MSPs on Thursday they would be allowed access, after booking time in advance, but without any mobile phones or electronic devices. They could take notes, under the scrutiny of civil servants, but not allowed to take any copies of the documents away.

Joan McAlpine, the Scottish National party chair of Holyrood’s Europe committee, tweeted she was “incredulous and angry to receive this” invitation from DexEU on Thursday.

Joan McAlpine (@JoanMcAlpine) Incredulous and angry to receive this from @DExEUgov - passed to some MSPs lunchtime today 1/4 pic.twitter.com/eXXE3C6bMT

Neil Findlay, Scottish Labour’s Brexit spokesperson, said:

This is an absolute nonsense, and takes no consideration of MSPs who have constituencies far from Edinburgh - or indeed the fact that Holyrood is sitting at those times on a Thursday. This is the shambolic Tory approach to Brexit summed up.

That was followed by Ross Greer, the Scottish Green party’s external affairs spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, said: