Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Clive Betts (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 22 July 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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Fracking: Planning Policies

Question

I remind the Minister that the consultation he refers to closed last October. Twelve months ago, the Housing, Communities

and Local Government Committee did a report opposing permitted development rights and opposing transferring part of the fracking regime to the national infrastructure regime. Given the amount of opposition on his own side, as well as on this side of the House, and in local communities, is the Minister now considering withdrawing those proposals and instead giving greater powers to communities to decide whether they want fracking in their areas?

Answer

The Chairman of the Select Committee is quite right to point out the timescale on which these measures have been under consideration, and I will certainly pass on his concerns to colleagues at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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Secondary information

Type

Oral question

Reference

663 c1085 

Session

2017-19

Oral question type

Supplementary

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Planning Safety Fracking

Link

View this Oral question on hansard.parliament.uk