Alex Salmond: As the member should know, we established an expert group last September to look at the science and an evidence-based approach to fracking and unconventional gas. In October, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency announced important planning guidelines. We are making preparations to give security and confidence to the people of Scotland that such resources would be developed in an...
Alex Salmond: A number of concerns about fracking have been expressed, internationally and south of the border. The Scottish Government is well aware of the on-going research into the process. Many aspects of the recovery of difficult-to-recover hydrocarbons need to be examined very thoroughly in terms of environmental implications. When, and if, it comes to a planning decision by the Scottish Government,...