Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 140 of the White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm. 9593, published on 12 July 2018, which EU laws are included in the common rulebook with the EU on technical rules for electricity trading.

The UK would need a common rulebook with the EU on the technical rules for electricity trading, such as the market coupling mechanism. The precise contents of the common rulebook will be subject to negotiation.