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1122059

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date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU (i) with and (ii) without a deal on the UK’s ability to receive gas and electricity flows from French interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	245543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK does not have a gas interconnector to France so there will be no impact on gas flows.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with a deal, the arrangements that govern electricity trading with France will be a matter for negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, we do not expect there to be any fundamental barriers to the UK’s ability to receive electricity flows from France. Alternative new rules setting out trading arrangements in the event of a ‘no deal’ have been developed by interconnection operators and were approved by national regulators on 15 March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:05:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1122060

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: Netherlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal on the UK’s ability to receive gas and electricity flows from Dutch interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	245544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>If the UK were to leave the European Union without a deal, modified access rules for the electricity interconnector have been approved by both Ofgem and the Dutch regulator. Modified access rules are not required for the gas interconnector. The Political Declaration on the future relationship sets out the parameters for the UK and EU’s future discussions on electricity and gas.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:05:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1122061

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: Netherlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has held with his Dutch counterparts on the effect of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal on the UK’s ability to receive gas and electricity flows from Dutch interconnectors; and whether the Government received assurances from the Dutch Government that there would be no disruption to energy flows from that country as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	245545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>If the UK were to leave the European Union without a deal, modified access rules for the electricity interconnector have been approved by both Ofgem and the Dutch regulator.[1] Modified access rules are not required for the gas interconnector. The Political Declaration on the future relationship sets out the parameters for the UK and EU’s future discussions on electricity and gas.[2]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/approval-modified-access-rules-britned-interconnector-apply-event-uk-leaves-eu-without-deal" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/approval-modified-access-rules-britned-interconnector-apply-event-uk-leaves-eu-without-deal</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:05:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1122062

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the French Government on the effect of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal on the UK’s ability to receive gas and electricity flows from French interconnectors; and whether the Government received assurances from the French Government that there would be no disruption to energy flows from France as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	245546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>There is no gas interconnector between Great Britain and France. IFA, the electricity interconnector between Great Britain and France have engaged with the French Government, supported by BEIS officials. These discussions have provided mutual assurances on the continuity of the legal and regulatory framework for the interconnector if the UK were to leave the European Union without a deal and modified access rules for the electricity interconnector have been approved by both Ofgem and the French regulator.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake