Adjournment debate on Thursday, 3 November 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Tim Yeo. The answering member was Charles Hendry.

Shale Gas

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on shale gas. [Relevant documents: Fifth Report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Session 2010-11, HC 795, and the Government response, HC 1449.] Resolved, that the sitting be now adjourned.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 534 c339-65WH
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Shale gas. Energy and Climate Change Select Committee fifth report with formal minutes, evidence and appendices. Additional written evidence is contained in Volume II, available on the Parliament website.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Shale gas. Energy and Climate Change Select Committee seventh special report - government response to the Committee's fifth report of session 2010-12. (HC 795).
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 534 c362WH (Link to this contribution) Joy and disappointment for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, all in one sentence.; Charles Hendry | 534 c361-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. One thing that struck both the Select Committee and me...; Speaker | 534 c364WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call Mr Yeo, I should explain that Mr Gale and I have taken an innovative approach today. T...; Tom Greatrex | 534 c356-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gale, and to take part in this important debat...; David Mowat | 534 c355-6WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly accept that the market will determine gas prices and that if the price drops to a point ...; Grahame Morris | 534 c361WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is always generous in giving way, and I appreciate that. Will he offer a clarification ...; Charles Hendry | 534 c359-61WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Havard, and to respond to what has been an exc...; Tim Yeo | 534 c364-5WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Havard. I am grateful for the flexibility that Mr Gale and you have s...; Lord Whitehead | 534 c345-7WH (Link to this contribution) I think that the reason why that will probably not happen is that the US, as recently as five or six...; John Pugh | 534 c347WH (Link to this contribution) My constituency is right on the edge of the latest find. I have to declare a sort of interest, becau...; Speaker | 534 c347WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but someone's mobile phone is switched on. Can ev...; Speaker | 534 c339WH (Link to this contribution) I will explain the process for the debate this afternoon, which is slightly unusual because we have ...; Tim Yeo | 534 c339-44WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that clarification, Mr Gale. I know that it will be welcome to members of the Energy a...; Lord Whitehead | 534 c344-5WH (Link to this contribution) I took part in the Energy and Climate Change Committee inquiry into shale gas, and in the course of ...; David Mowat | 534 c345WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening carefully to the thrust of the hon. Gentleman's remarks. I think he will concede that...; Speaker | 534 c354WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I propose to call Mr Mowat next. I shall then call the two Front-Bench spokesmen. If other Me...; David Mowat | 534 c354-5WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Gale, for calling me to speak. In several contributions, the term ““balanced”” has be...; John Pugh | 534 c348-50WH (Link to this contribution) If one were extraordinarily suspicious, one would expect Cuadrilla simply to produce a whitewash rep...; Ian Lavery | 534 c350-1WH (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Select Committee I have been involved in the report and all the stages leading up...; John Pugh | 534 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) I suspect that it was my phone, unfortunately. I am interrupting myself. There are also arguments a...; Eric Ollerenshaw | 534 c348WH (Link to this contribution) On safety, does the hon. Gentleman think that it was perhaps a mistake for the report on the seismic...; Eric Ollerenshaw | 534 c352WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Southport (John Pugh) has referred to ““fear and greed””, but is there...; Ian Lavery | 534 c352-4WH (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman is right, which is why it is imperative that we try, at all stages, ...; Christopher Pincher | 534 c351WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has discussed the pollution dangers from fracking. Does he accept that because fr...; Ian Lavery | 534 c351-2WH (Link to this contribution) That was the view of many experts, as well. I am merely highlighting points raised by experts who ap...; Charles Hendry | 534 c362-4WH (Link to this contribution) All in one sentence. There is certainly joy for the Treasury at the end of that sentence, when I did...; Lord Whitehead | 534 c355WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that notwithstanding what he properly identifies as the relationship ...
Subjects: Energy supply Exploration Natural gas Safety Earthquakes Cuadrilla Resources
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