Shale Gas

Order. It might be of assistance to remind those hoping to take part in the debate that intervent...

I absolutely accept that many local residents have real concerns, and we need to take those conce...

As a point of correction, the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) mentioned Prees...

I am grateful for the lesson in geography. It is not a part of the world I am all that familiar w...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does he acknowledge that although the Unit...

There is clearly an opportunity here. The volatility of oil and gas prices is not within my remit...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on obtaining this debate....

It is true that there is no reason to believe that prices in Europe will come down by a factor of...

The hon. Gentleman is right to say that we buy some LNG from Qatar, but only about 0.5% of the UK...

Given the multiplicity of wells that would have to be drilled, does the hon. Gentleman agree that...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: the location of various wells would require either that t...

I support green gas and anaerobic digestion. The hon. Gentleman said that the gas could be inject...

I am sorry if I unintentionally misled the hon. Gentleman. Shale gas can of course be injected di...

Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but 11 further speakers are hoping to catch my...

This hon. Gentleman was actually just about to finish.

Considering the industry as a whole,...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) for securing this deba...

My hon. Friend rightly highlights the local impact of the industry, which generates significant c...

We have all accepted that local communities need to have total buy-in, and I am talking about wha...

Before I call Graham Stringer, I will have to impose a five-minute limit on speeches. It is unfor...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on an extremely well bala...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on securing thi...

Does my hon. Friend agree that environmental impact assessments are key, in providing information...

I agree with my hon. Friend in every respect. Other hon. Members have referred to the importance ...

I thank the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) for securing this debate on a su...

Does my hon. Friend agree that perception is reality, and that even if fracking were technically ...

I agree totally with my hon. Friend. Perception is everything. The hon. Member for South Ribble (...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I thank my hon. Friend the Member ...

Is not the problem that we are taking a piecemeal approach to licensing exploration, as opposed t...

The hon. Lady makes a good point, which I am sure the Minister will address.

I will leave m...

I too thank the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), and I congratulate him on s...

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Order. I am afraid I have to allow time for the two Front-Bench speakers, and the spokesman for t...

In my three minutes, I shall make just a couple of quick points.

Although I support frackin...

Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that the reduction in gas prices in the United States of Ameri...

In an intervention I said I thought it unlikely that gas prices would be reduced by a factor of f...

I thank the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) and congratulate him on obtainin...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Order. Time will not be added on for this intervention.

Perhaps the hon. Lady will be brief.

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that burning coal is more deleterious than shale gas, which has a ...

I certainly do, but it has been pointed out that other technologies could be better. In the conte...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I thank the hon. Member for Thirsk...

It is a great pleasure to be here today, Mr Howarth. This has been an incredibly valuable and tim...

The Minister is absolutely right about taking local people with us. The whole debate about fracki...

The report is going to be published. The timing is up to DEFRA, but I share my hon. Friend’s conc...

As the Member of Parliament for Fylde, I am very reassured to hear what the Minister is saying. H...

I can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. It is certainly intended that there will be regular v...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I am sorry. We are really short of time—I apologise.

The Environment Agency assesses th...