Fracking

Chris Skidmore, head of PM's net zero review, among Conservatives willing to vote against government.

Labour called on ministers to “urgently clarify” the status of the vote. This is a confidence motion in the government. But Truss’s government changed this last month, to the anger of campaigners and a number of Tory MPs. This is not a motion on fracking. Greg Knight urged him to remove the ability of planning inspectors to overturn councils’ decision on fracking, so these were considered the “expression of local consent”. He said: “The government’s defence of fracking is collapsing.

Conservative whips initially stated the vote on whether to allocate Commons time to consider legislation to stop shale gas extraction was being treated as a “ ...

Mr Maynard said he would much rather the Government stood by the moratorium on fracking contained in the Conservative Party manifesto although he welcomed commitments from Mr Rees-Mogg to allow a vote on the process for local consent. During the debate, Ms Edwards said the Government frontbench should “hang their heads in shame” as she said the leadership had “severely tested” Tory MPs’ trust by the way they had approached the vote. When Conservative MP Ruth Edwards (Rushcliffe) asked the minister to clarify if those Tories who abstain or vote against the motion will lose the party whip, Mr Stuart added: “That is a matter for party managers, and I am not a party manager.”

Tory MPs have been told a Labour vote seeking to ban fracking is being treated as a 'confidence motion' in Liz Truss's Government.

That is what the consultation will be about. and it may be by local referendum. “If local consent is withheld, that is a veto and it won’t be overruled by national government.” Pressed to define local consent, Mr Rees-Mogg replied: “Let me be absolutely clear, local communities will have a veto. If local consent is withheld, that is a veto and it won’t be overruled by national government [Labour](/topic/labour) vote in the Commons seeking to ban fracking is being treated as a “confidence motion” in Liz Truss’s embattled [Government](/topic/government).

Undated handout file photo of the Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas. author avatar image. By Alex ...

But shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said: “The consequence of making this a confidence vote is that if the Government loses the motion on fracking, the Prime Minister will resign and the Government will fall. The Prime Minister’s lifting of a fracking ban imposed in 2019 over earthquake concerns breaks a Tory manifesto pledge not to end the moratorium without science “categorically” showing it is safe. This is a confidence motion in the Government. The Government amendment supporting giving fracking the go-ahead in areas where local consent is deemed to have been given was also made a three-line whip. If the Prime Minister loses the vote now, it is being seen as a confidence motion and she would either be expected to resign or request that the King dissolves Parliament, triggering a general election. The Tories instituting a three-line whip means Labour is likely to fail in its bid. [total ban on fracking](https://inews.co.uk/news/liz-truss-speech-greenpeace-climate-protest-conference-address-fracking-1894902?ico=in-line_link), with a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday potentially opening the door to [end the controversial practice](https://inews.co.uk/news/start-fracking-figure-out-how-stop-earthquakes-manifesto-government-1872627?ico=in-line_link) once and for all. Labour is using an opposition day debate to put forward a motion which, if passed, would guarantee time in the Commons for a bill to ban fracking for good. Fracking was originally developed in the US in the 40s, and was first used in the UK in the late 70s to extract oil and gas from the North Sea. The resultant natural gas is widely used in the UK to heat homes and produce electricity. [The Prime Minister has lifted a moratorium](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-gives-go-ahead-to-fracking-but-insists-drilling-will-only-be-done-if-safe-1871462?ico=in-line_link) on the practice as part of her long-term strategy to boost energy security, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, Tory MPs have been warned the vote is being treated as a “confidence motion” in Liz Truss’s embattled government.

The Conservative Government has defeated a motion tabled by Labour calling for a vote on the ban of fracking in the UK, but a rebellion by a substantial ...

The UK Government defeated a Labour motion that forced a vote on whether fracking should be banned in the UK late on Wednesday (19 October). The motion was defeated by 326 votes to 230, in a move that sees the Conservative Government abandon one of the key pledges of its victorious 2019 election manifesto. The finding was that these emissions would make delivering the UK’s forthcoming carbon budgets impossible. However, Skidmore post on Twitter earlier on Wednesday that he would not support the fracking vote. I am prepared to face the consequences of my decision,” The Conservative Government imposed a moratorium on fracking in 2019 because companies leading extraction projects could not prove their ability to operate below a threshold for tremors they had previously agreed to.