Shale Gas

Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 13 December 2012.

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Photo of John Leech John Leech Liberal Democrat, Manchester, Withington 9:30, 13 December 2012

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement that there will be some further environmental studies, because is it not the case that at present we simply do not know the environmental impact of shale gas exploration in relation to methane seepage and methane getting out into the atmosphere? Until we can be certain of the impact, we must proceed with a great deal of caution.