Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the EU on maintaining membership of the EU’s Internal Energy Market after the UK leaves the EU.

At the March European Council the EU adopted guidelines on the framework for the future EU-UK relationship. Discussions on the future relationship are now being taken forward.

As the Prime Minister set out in her Mansion House speech, while any agreement on our future relationship with the EU must respect the sovereignty of both the UK’s and EU’s legal orders, the UK would like to secure broad energy cooperation with the EU, including exploring options for the UK’s continued participation in the EU’s Internal Energy Market.