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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made plans for the UK to remain part of EU-wide solidarity mechanisms in the event of an acute energy supply crisis.

Solidarity agreements for gas are due to be in place by December 2018 and the UK is on track to deliver these. For electricity, the current solidarity agreements are part of the arrangements of the Internal Energy Market. The Government has been clear that we want to secure broad energy co-operation with the EU. This includes exploring options for the UK’s continued participation in the EU’s Internal Energy Market, including solidarity agreements.