So Theresa May has finally succumbed to the political pressure to publish a White Paper on her Brexit strategy.

Having steadfastly refused calls for one from opposition MPs, it seems that the echo from the Tory benches made the Prime Minister blink and give way.

With a working majority of just 16, Mrs May can ill afford to be cavalier in her party approach to Brexit. She knows that she has to respond to sensitivities and keep her troops, both Remainers and Leavers, as happy as possible and on side in any crucial votes ahead.

The short EU Withdrawal Bill that will lead to the triggering of Article 50 will be published today.

Labour, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats will seek to amend it to ensure a variety of changes are made from ensuring full access to the single market, to a second referendum on the actual Brexit deal, and to remaining a member of the EU should no deal be agreed.

While there might be a deal of heated opposition, particularly in the Lords, where the Government is not able to limit the debating time, the PM will ultimately get her way.

While Mrs May’s Lancaster House speech gave some clarity on the broad issues regarding the single market and the customs union, the details, wherein the devil lies, are still to be fleshed out.

But No 10 has stressed remarkably that, unlike previous occasions, people should not link the publication of the White Paper with the legislative process.

As Labour and the SNP have pointed out it would be absurd to publish a White Paper that did not inform the debates in the Commons and Lords as well as Holyrood.

As she performed her u-turn on the White Paper, Mrs May cast herself in the Commons as a champion of scrutiny. She must now prove it and publish details of her plan before MPs scrutinise the legislation. Transparency and democracy demand nothing less.