Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the costs of setting up an alternative judicial structure in place of the European Court of Justice to arbitrate in international matters connected with nuclear energy.

The dispute resolution mechanisms adopted as part of our future relationship with the EU, including on nuclear energy cooperation, will be a matter for negotiation and the government is considering the implications of various models.

Euratom and the EU share a common institutional framework including a role for the Commission, decision-making in the Council and the Court of Justice of the EU, and a shared budget, making them uniquely legally joined.

That is why when we formally notified of our intention to leave the EU we also started the process for leaving Euratom.