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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) financing; outside the Royal Court of Justice with a banner saying “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”; stop fracking - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Call for General Election - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) or are denied care altogether; one that relies on expensive fossil fuels and permits widespread fracking - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
INEOS Chemicals: Grangemouth - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) USA—I acknowledge that the USA has lower energy prices, primarily due to its decision to introduce fracking - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Small-scale Fracking Ban - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) The Petroleum Act 1998 uses a fluid-based definition for fracking. - Speech Link
2: John Whitby (Lab - Derbyshire Dales) Reform is promising to end the moratorium on fracking. - Speech Link
3: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) or on any person carrying out fracking. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Coal Tip Safety and New Extraction Licences - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Government, who have used their planning powers to become the first part of the UK to completely ban fracking - Speech Link
2: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen) Members, it is also our aim to bring forward a ban on fracking across the country; we will do so as soon - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
2nd reading - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) non-violent direct action protests that stop big corporations from, for example, setting up damaging fracking - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) Let’s talk about fracking. - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We will ban fracking for good, and let us be absolutely clear that the biggest risk to energy prices - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 01 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) asked.I am not certain whether the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, is in his place, but we do not support fracking - Speech Link
2: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I also point out that fracking was pretty much invented in, and is commonly used throughout, the North - Speech Link
3: None the proposals did not include financial benefits from shale gas works, as there is currently no fracking - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) whether North Yorkshire council will approve Europa Oil and Gas’s application to undertake small-scale fracking - Speech Link
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Friend knows, and as she rightly points out, this Government are committed to banning fracking for good - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Energy Grid Resilience - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen) The broader point is that we do not see licensing for new oil and gas and fracking as part of our future - Speech Link