Fracking: Public Consultation
(asked on 20th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow local communities to veto future plans for fracking in their area.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2022
As the Government has confirmed that it will adopt a presumption against issuing further hydraulic fracturing consents, the Government will not be taking forward a public consultation on the approach to local support at this time.