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Recently, I raised concerns about fracking being imposed on Scotland using the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. The Business Secretary replied that that Act is the Koh-i-Noor jewel in the crown of the UK constitution—an unfortunate comparison given that the Koh-i-Noor was pillaged from India by the British. Then we heard a Tory MP suggest that fracking should go ahead in Scotland, instead of in her constituency. As the Secretary of State for Communities, will he make it clear to his Cabinet colleagues that there must be no move to impose fracking on communities in Scotland?

Asked by
Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Topical questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Date
17 October 2022
Reference
720 c372
House
House of Commons

Fracking will take place only where there is community consent.

Answered by
Simon Clarke (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
17 October 2022
Reference
720 c372
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the request to review the planning application from Rathlin Energy for four more wells and 20 years of oil extraction at the West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire; whether he plans to...

Asked by
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
Answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 April 2022
Reference
153878
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have blocked planning permission for new oil drilling extraction sites in the UK over the past five years; and if so, (1) how many permissions they have refused, (2) when these were refused, and (3) where the application sites were located.

Asked by
Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 October 2021
Reference
HL2924
House
House of Lords