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Government renews support for fracking with new written ministerial statement

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Published on: 17 May 2018

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Table of contents

What is the background to the WMS?
What are the WMS’s headlines?
Policy support for shale gas development
Speeding up planning decisions
New regulator
Benefits to host communities
Our verdict

Article summary

Planning analysis: On 17 May 2018, Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, made a joint written ministerial statement (WMS) in support of onshore shale gas exploration and development. It reconfirms the government’s commitment to the industry, and commits the government to a series of measures which it hopes will result in quicker and fairer decisions.

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