Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK is seeking to re-join Euratom.

The United Kingdom exited Euratom on 31 December 2021, as per the Withdrawal Agreement. The Government has no intention of re-joining either Euratom or the EU and considers the matter of UK membership permanently settled.

The UK negotiated a separate, comprehensive Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) with Euratom, which came into effect alongside the Trade and Cooperation Agreement on 31 December 2020, which provides the basis for on-going nuclear cooperation with EU.