PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Natural Gas (16 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's report, Gas security of supply: a strategic assessment of Great Britain's gas security of supply, published on 12 October 2017, whether that assessment does not assume any contribution from fracking activity.
Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)
Answer
In order to provide a conservative estimate of supply, supply forecasts used in the report, and in the supporting analysis, assume no shale contributions in the forecast period.
Answered by:
Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated)
21 November 2017
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