Mark Pritchard

Conservative MP for The Wrekin

@MPritchardMP UK Parliament Profile

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) to Extract Shale Gas

Parliament has voted on whether hydraulic fracturing (fracking) should be permitted at all, where it should be permitted, and how such operations ought be regulated.

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Mark Pritchard consistently voted against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

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Major votes

  • On 19 Oct 2022: Mark Pritchard voted no on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2015: Mark Pritchard voted against explicitly requiring an environmental permit for hydraulic fracturing activities. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2015: Mark Pritchard voted not to ban the exploitation of unconventional petroleum for at least 18 months and not to require a review of the impact of such exploitation on climate change, the environment, the economy, and health and safety be carried out and published. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 16 Dec 2015: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2015 Show vote
  • On 11 Feb 2015: Mark Pritchard voted to require a more extensive set of conditions be met prior to consent for hydraulic fracturing being given. Show vote

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