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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of membership of the Energy Union after Brexit.

The Government is currently considering all aspects of its future relationship with the EU, including in energy. Our priority is to maintain affordable, clean and secure energy supplies for businesses and households.

The UK will remain closely linked to our European partners after the UK’s exit from the EU, including physically as regards to electricity and gas interconnectors, and we continue to collaborate on current and future regulatory and technical arrangements.

As part of the negotiations on our future relationship, we would welcome a full and open discussion about all of the options for ongoing collaboration, including options for UK participation in EU programmes, agencies and other bodies.