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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL2285, tabled on 7 September 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lift the ban on fracking.

Answered on

20 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

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy