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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they would be willing to adhere to any nuclear co-operation agreements between EURATOM and third countries during any transitional period after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK benefits from a number of existing nuclear co-operation agreements, some of which are between Euratom and a third country and some of which are bilateral between the UK and a third country. The Government’s priority is to ensure uninterrupted cooperation and trade in the civil nuclear sector, and we will ensure that the appropriate arrangements are in place for this to continue.

Negotiations with the EU27 on the operation of any transition or implementation period have not yet commenced and it is not possible at this stage to comment on the scope of these discussions.