Shale Gas Extraction
Debate between Matt Rodda and Jacob Rees-Mogg(2 years, 2 months ago)
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Mr Rees-Mogg
The hon. Gentleman is wrong to say that I dislike those technologies. I actually think that pumped hydro is a particularly interesting technology, because it can be used with wind power to act, effectively, as a battery. So there is support for these technologies. In this urgent question we are discussing shale gas, but that does not mean that my Department is not looking at all forms of energy. We need a wide range of supply, we need security of supply and we need supply that is cheap, or as cheap as we can get it.
Matt Rodda (Reading East) (Lab)
Residents across the south of England are deeply concerned about the risks of fracking and oil drilling. Why is the Secretary of State not listening to those concerns, or to the concerns of the Government’s former chief scientific adviser and the British Geological Survey?
Mr Rees-Mogg
Quite properly, the concerns of this House are being represented by Members of Parliament, so they are being listened to by His Majesty’s Government.