Peter Kyle

The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Labour MP for Hove and Portslade

@peterkyle https://facebook.com/hoveandportslade

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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Peter Kyle consistently voted for greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

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Major votes

  • On 19 Oct 2022: Peter Kyle voted amending the Parliamentary timetable to make time for a new bill on a ban on fracking for shale gas. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 16 Dec 2015: Peter Kyle voted rejecting definitions of “protected groundwater source areas” and “other protected areas" that needed to approved to allow fracking in other areas. Show vote

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