Written question asked by Joan Walley (Labour) on Friday, 5 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 November 2001. It was answered by Brian Wilson (Labour) on Thursday, 29 November 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representatives her Department has received regarding the technology and engineering involved in hydrological fracturing; what recent research has been done by her Department into the effects of hydrological fracturing; what (a) quantitive and (b) qualitative research methods were used in studies by her Department on hydrological fracturing; who commissioned such studies; and what examples of field trial stages have been published; what recent research has been completed by the relevant authorities on the environmental, commercial and social effects of hydrological fracturing.

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