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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Mar 2019
Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration

"I absolutely agree. The Minister has a difficult decision to make, because the planning system for shale gas simply cannot continue as it is. After various appeals, the planning process for Preston New Road and Roseacre has been going on for years. It is not good for local communities to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Mar 2019
Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration

"Absolutely. Time is against me, so I will not give way again.

It is important that the Secretary of State bears in mind the concerns raised by local communities and Members such as me, and that we work together in a constructive way to ensure that permitted development is taken …..."
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Written Question
Weeton Barracks
Friday 11th January 2019

Asked by: Mark Menzies (Independent - Fylde)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken with the Ministry of Defence to improve the infrastructure around Weeton Barracks ahead of the upcoming expansion of that barracks.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

MHCLG works closely with MoD on sites that are being released for housing. As Weeton Barracks is in operational use, MHCLG are not engaging with MoD on this site.

Written Question
Fracking: Lancashire
Friday 16th November 2018

Asked by: Mark Menzies (Independent - Fylde)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of planning permission breaches at the Preston New Road Shale gas site since the commencement of exploratory drilling.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Department does not record centrally the number of breaches of planning control that may have occurred at any particular development site. Enforcement action against any suspected breaches of planning control is a matter for local planning authorities. Local authorities who wish to take enforcement action against breaches of planning control can bid for resources from the Department’s £1.6 million shale support funding scheme.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered local involvement in shale gas development.

Thank you for your guidance at the start of this well-attended debate, Mr Hollobone. Many right hon. and hon. Members have been emailed by constituents asking them to come along and support Mark Menzies in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"The companies concerned argue that there are substantial reserves of shale gas. The issue, and the difference between the United Kingdom and large swathes of America, is population density. We are not Dakota or rural Pennsylvania, where people can travel for hundreds of miles without seeing a farmhouse...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"My hon. Friend’s point is well made...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"Let me make some progress and I will take some more interventions.

As the Minister is aware, the Department recently held a consultation on the proposals to bring applications for non-hydraulic fracturing sites under permitted development rights. In addition, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy simultaneously held a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"I will touch on that further. The situation in Lancashire, particularly with Preston New Road, was slightly more nuanced than that. Officers recommended approval but councillors voted against. The issue is that we are kidding ourselves if we think that those decisions are being taken locally. Overwhelmingly, they are not. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 31 Oct 2018
Shale Gas Development

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right...."
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