| Heading: |
Natural Gas: Imports |
| Question ID: |
1786337 |
| UIN: |
39384 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
54 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37979 on Natural Gas: Imports, what the minimum safety criteria are with which a shale gas company must comply when plugging an unused well |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Heath and Safety Executive and the North Sea Transition Authority are the relevant regulators for onshore shale gas extraction. They regulate compliance with the criteria set for plugging and abandoning wells at the end of their useful life. |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |