Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the European Court of Justice has jurisdiction under the Northern Ireland Protocol over the functioning of the integrated Single Electricity Market.

As set out in Article 12(4) of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Court of Justice of the European Union has the jurisdiction provided for in the Treaties in respect of Article 9, which applies the provisions of EU law governing wholesale electricity markets listed in Annex 4 (under the conditions set out in Annex 4) to and in the UK in respect of Northern Ireland.