PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fuels: South East (24 September 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure fuel supplies for London and the South East in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

If the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement, supplies of crude oil, fuel, and important chemicals for refineries are expected to remain available through the UK’s diverse supply chains from Europe and the rest of the world.

The Government has been working closely with the fuel industry to minimise the risks from leaving the EU on fuel supplies. The Government also has a long-standing fuel supply contingency programme that includes measures that can be deployed in support of industry to maintain supplies.

Answered by:
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
1 October 2019