Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to assess the long-term carbon emissions impact of a renewed shale gas industry in his decision on lifting the outstanding moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green on 6 July 2022 to Question 28901.