Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment that (a) the relevant criteria for hydraulic fracturing consent have been met for the KM8 wellsite in Ryedale, North Yorkshire and (b) it is appropriate to grant hydraulic fracturing consent; and if he will make a statement.
The Government is assessing and will respond appropriately in due course.