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Debate between Graham Stuart and Chris Evans(1 year, 6 months ago)
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Graham Stuart
My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right, and we are seeing increasing co-operation. This summer, we saw electricity exports from the UK while the French nuclear fleet was down. We saw gas exports from the UK helping to fill storage there. We are also looking to renew our co-operation in the North sea co-operation apparatus and a memorandum of understanding on that is expected to be signed soon.
Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op)
We are often told by the Government that they follow the science. How safe is fracking? Would the Minister want it happening in or near his constituency?
Graham Stuart
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. As the Prime Minister made clear, the moratorium on fracking has been reinstalled, so that is an effective stop on fracking.