Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Paris Climate Change Agreement (7 Nov 2017)

Caroline Lucas: The Committee on Climate Change clearly states that fracking cannot be compatible with the UK’s climate change targets unless three key tests—on methane gas, on gas consumption and on carbon budgets—are met. Given that the Government have not shown that those tests can be met, will the Minister’s Department refuse consent for fracking in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, which...

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