Written question asked by Lord Truscott (Independent Labour) on Thursday, 29 June 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 July 2017. It was answered by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 July 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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Fracking

Question

Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward legislation to (1) treat non-fracking drilling as permitted development, (2) make major shale planning decisions the responsibility of the National Planning Regime, and (3) make changes to the proposed Shale Wealth Fund, as outlined in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto.

Answer

The Government has been recently elected and its approach to implementing the manifesto proposals has yet to be finalised.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL299

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Finance Exploration Planning permission Natural gas Fracking

Link

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