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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the possibility of the UK remaining a member of the EU Internal Energy Market but not sharing a common rule-book with other members.

The UK is exploring with the EU the options for our future energy relationship. One option would be for the UK to participate in the Internal Energy Market (IEM). In this case, the UK proposes a common rulebook with the EU on the technical rules for electricity trading, such as the market coupling mechanism.