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To ask the Prime Minister if he will take steps to establish a Cabinet Committee chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to direct and co-ordinate policy on the development of shale gas.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will take steps to establish a Cabinet Committee chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to direct and co-ordinate policy on the development of shale gas.
Issues relating to shale gas are considered at a number of Cabinet Committees including the Economic Affairs and Growth and Enterprise Committees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the UK's shale gas industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the UK's shale gas industry.
The Department works closely with the relevant regulators and industry to ensure that the regulatory system is as streamlined as possible, while remaining robust enough to safeguard public safety and the environment.
In order to help companies navigate our regulatory system, the Department published in December a Regulatory Roadmap setting out all the regulations that applies to shale at the exploration stage.
We have already reduced unnecessary duplication in the regulatory system for shale gas, clarifying and streamlining the regulation of exploration activity through the Environment Agency, including developing a single application form for permits. The average waiting time for environmental permits for onshore oil and gas is eight to nine weeks. We will introduce standard rules environmental permits later this year cutting permitting times for low risk activities to two to four weeks.
The Department of Communities and Local Government published planning guidance for onshore oil & gas projects last July, which makes clear that planning authorities when assessing applications should assume that the environmental and health and safety regulatory regimes operate effectively rather than duplicating effort.
We are also consulting on proposals designed to simplify current procedures for obtaining access to underground land. This consultation is open until 15 August 2014 and, subject to the outcome of the consultation, could lead to legislative proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the shale gas industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the shale gas industry.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a Cabinet Committee, chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to direct and co-ordinate policy on the development of shale gas.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a Cabinet Committee, chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to direct and co-ordinate policy on the development of shale gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the carbon footprint produced by shale gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the carbon footprint produced by shale gas.
On 9 September 2013, Professor David J C MacKay FRS, and Dr Timothy J Stone CBE, published a report1 titled “Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Shale Gas Extraction and Use”. The report, requested by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr Davey), presents available evidence on the potential greenhouse gas emissions from production of shale gas in the UK, and the compatibility of future production and use of shale gas in the UK with climate change targets.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/potential-greenhouse-gas-emissions-associated-with-shale-gas-production-and-use