Fracking
(asked on 7th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lift the ban on fracking.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 20th September 2022
Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and restrictions on gas supply to Europe, have emphasised the need for ‘home grown’ sources of energy to reduce our reliance on imports.
My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced on Thursday 7th September that the Government will end the pause on extracting shale gas