Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the UK’s continued membership of the European Railways Agency notwithstanding the terms of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The UK rail industry has played a leading role in the development of international rail standards and safety regimes. We fully expect this to continue once we have left the EU and it is in all of our interests that it does given the importance of these areas. The exact nature of the UK’s relationship with the EU on rail, including with the European Agency for the Railways, is a matter for discussion with the EU.