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Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2016

17 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
Fracking (Central Scotland)
Ewing, Fergus SNP Inverness and Nairn Watch on SPTV

Absolutely not. The position is as I have stated this week, last week and the week before—it remains the same. Unlike the Conservatives—who have now arrived in the chamber—and the Labour Party, we take a sensible approach: we look for the evidence.

I will run through some of the areas in which I think it is absolutely correct that we are looking at the evidence. They include: understanding and mitigating community-level impacts from transportation, including in Central Scotland; decommissioning site restoration and aftercare; understanding and monitoring of undue seismic activity; climate change impacts; economic impacts; and scenario development. For all those areas and more, it is essential that we provide the evidence to stakeholders and the public. What could conceivably be wrong with that approach?

In the same item of business

3. Margaret McCulloch (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what impact fracking would have on Central Scotland. (S4O-05678)
The Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism (Fergus Ewing) SNP
No fracking is permitted in Scotland as we have a moratorium on unconventional oil and gas developments. The Scottish Government will take no risks with Sc...
Margaret McCulloch Lab
Even with the moratorium in place, people across Central Scotland are concerned about the impact of fracking and want to know that their leaders will fight a...
Fergus Ewing SNP
Absolutely not. The position is as I have stated this week, last week and the week before—it remains the same. Unlike the Conservatives—who have now arrived ...