Decision details

P-04-422 : Fracking

Petition wording:

We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Minister for Environment, Planning and Housing to produce a Ministerial Interim Minerals Planning Policy Statement as well as a new technical advice note to strengthen the precautionary principle with regard to planning applications for onshore oil and gas, including fracking.  All reasonable scientific doubt that there is any risk of adverse impacts must be eliminated, and strongest consideration must be given to the urgent need to mitigate climate change.

Petition raised by:  Gareth Clubb

Date petition first considered by Committee:  2 October 2012

Number of signatures:  914

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to;

·         write to the Minister for Natural Resources and Food asking how many officials are fracking ‘experts’ and the level of expertise available to the Welsh Government;

·         write to the Environment and Sustainability Committee seeking an update on the recent oral evidence session on unconventional gas; and

·         write to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee highlighting the Committee’s consideration of this issue.