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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on establishing a new security accord with the EU to ensure continued access to the Galileo Satellite system’s encrypted services after the UK leaves the EU.

This Government intends to secure the best possible outcome for the UK as we exit the European Union. The UK has played a major part in developing the main EU space programmes including Galileo. The Government has made clear that the EU and the UK should consider all options, including new arrangements, to ensure our future cooperation on space maintains our security and supports mutual prosperity; however it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU programmes and the Government will not be providing a commentary on each aspect of the negotiations.