Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 17 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 (named day). It was answered by Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Fracking: Earthquakes
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government remains committed to the traffic light system to regulate fracking following seismic activity.
- Answer
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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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- Written question
- Reference
- 1633
- Session
- 2019-19
- Subjects
- Earthquakes Fracking
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- 2019-12-16 10:49:38 +0000
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