Karl Turner

Shadow Solicitor General

Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East

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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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Karl Turner voted a mixture of for and against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

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Major votes

  • On 16 Dec 2015: Karl Turner voted against greater restrictions on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas in National Parks, the Broads, areas of outstanding natural beauty, World Heritage sites, and near points where water is abstracted for domestic and food production purposes. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2015: Karl Turner voted to explicitly require an environmental permit for hydraulic fracturing activities. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2015: Karl Turner was absent for a vote on Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 9 — Moratorium on Onshore Unconventional Petroleum — Review Impacts of Exploitation Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 11 Feb 2015: Karl Turner voted against requiring a more extensive set of conditions be met prior to consent for hydraulic fracturing being given. Show vote

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