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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has any plans to change planning policy or guidance in relation to applications for permission to engage in fracking activities.

I refer the Hon Member to the answers I gave to the Hon Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston to Question UIN 109056 on 2 November 2017 and to Question UIN 111182 on 15 November 2017.