Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 12:46 pm on 21 January 2015.
Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)
Geraint Davies, supported by Kelvin Hopkins, Mr David Winnick, Jim Sheridan and Jim Shannon, presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to measure and regulate the impact of unconventional gas extraction on air and water quality and on greenhouse gas emissions; and for connected purposes.
Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on
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