| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: House of Commons: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee |
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| Publisher | The Stationery Office (TSO) |
| Series Title | 4th Report |
| Series Details | (2016-17) HC 909 |
| Publication Date | 02/05/2017 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The United Kingdom: House of Commons: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee published a report Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy in May 2017. The Committee warned that the UK Government had left the UK nuclear industry at risk and must act urgently to ensure its continued operation post-Brexit. Report findings The Committee warned that any interval between the UK leaving the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and entering into secure alternative arrangements would severely inhibit nuclear trade and research and threaten power supplies. The Government argued that the UK must leave Euratom as a result of the triggering of Article 50, but the report states that legal opinion was divided. The Committee said withdrawal from Euratom was an unfortunate, and perhaps unforeseen, consequence of Prime Minister's objective of ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK. Ministers must end the uncertainty and resolve the matter by securing alternative arrangements as urgently as possible, the report adds. The Committee noted strong concerns in the sector that new arrangements would take longer than two years to set up and recommends delaying departure from Euratom to give the industry more time to establish alternative arrangements. If this is not possible, the Government should seek transitional arrangements, which would need to be longer than the three years proposed by the European Parliament. |
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| Source Link | https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmbeis/909/909.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Energy, Environment |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
