Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if it his Department's policy for the nuclear inspection regime in the UK to maintain Euratom standards when the UK leaves the EU.

As stated in Article 77 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU, the UK will be responsible for its own nuclear safeguards arrangements when the UK leaves Euratom.

The Government announced through a statement to Parliament in September 2017 to establish a future domestic safeguards regime that will be equivalent in effectiveness and coverage to that currently provided by Euratom. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) will be the body responsible for the delivery of this regime.