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UK Shale Gas

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Keeley (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 July 2013. It occurred during Adjournment debate and Backbench debate on UK Shale Gas.

Will my hon. Friend wait until I complete this point? I will come to him in a moment. His constituency is at the other end of Salford from mine, and I know that he will disagree with what I say.

As we heard extensively from the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, there is talk of a community bonus of £100,000 per well. The difficulty is that it is out of scale with the potential loss in house values that people will see. The 1% of any revenue will also come along far too late. If someone’s house has lost value and they have become fed up and moved away, they will not be helped by 1% of revenue.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
566 c323WH 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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