VoteClimate: Hydraulic Fracturing: North East Derbyshire - 22nd November 2017

Hydraulic Fracturing: North East Derbyshire - 22nd November 2017

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Hydraulic Fracturing: North East Derbyshire.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-11-22/debates/36445FAD-A109-428A-A9BC-D71D2C861BE3/HydraulicFracturingNorthEastDerbyshire

16:00 Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire) (Con)

I accept that energy production has fallen by over a half since 2000, that we are back to pre-North sea oil levels of imports and that we are obtaining an increasing volume of gas from Qatar to heat our homes. I accept that renewable energy remains at a smaller level of energy generation than we would all hope, although it has grown massively from negligible levels just a few decades ago. Even as a fracking sceptic, I accept that there is a debate to be had on how we continue to keep our homes warm, our cars moving and our factories working.

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