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Fracking: Earthquakes

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 702, tabled on 15 October 2019

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department has plans to review the traffic light system limits on seismic disturbance.

Answered on

17 October 2019

The Government has always been clear that it will only support the exploration of our shale gas resources in a safe and sustainable way. The Oil and Gas Authority is undertaking a scientific analysis of the data from Cuadrilla’s earlier operations in 2018 which will be published shortly. The Government will set out our future approach once we have considered the findings.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy