Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the signing of a trilateral energy agreement between (a) Greece, (b) Cyprus and (c) Israel; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of this agreement on regional energy security.

The UK Government is committed to working alongside our partners to protect Europe's energy security. We welcome regional agreements, including this trilateral agreement, which support this aim.