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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure the continuation of the Single Electricity Market on the island of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU Internal Energy Market.

The Government is committed to facilitating the continuation of the Single Electricity Market in any scenario. We are developing plans for EU Exit for the Single Electricity Market with Northern Ireland institutions,  and these plans are being designed to provide the flexibility to respond to different negotiated outcomes, as well as the unlikely event of no agreement being reached.