Rishi Sunak has reintroduced the moratorium on fracking in England, Downing Road has confirmed.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman gave the affirmation after Mr Sunak was pressed on the difficulty at his first Prime Minister’s Questions.
The PM informed the Commons he “stands by” the 2019 Conservative Social gathering manifesto and insisted his Authorities will ship on what was agreed on the UN Cop26 Glasgow local weather talks.
Conservative former Prime Minister Liz Truss had lifted the ban, as she argued it will strengthen the nation’s power provide.
Inexperienced Social gathering MP Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) stated within the Commons: “Yesterday, he (Rishi Sunak) promised to repair her (Liz Truss) errors in addition to to uphold the occasion’s 2019 manifesto.
“So, if he's a person of his phrase, will he begin by reversing the inexperienced gentle she gave to fracking because it’s categorically not been proven to be protected, and as an alternative keep the moratorium that was pledged in that very manifesto that he promised to uphold?”
The Prime Minister replied: “I've already stated I stand by the manifesto on that.
"However what I'd say is that I’m proud that this Authorities has handed the landmark Surroundings Act, placing extra protections for the pure atmosphere than we've got ever had with a transparent plan to ship.
“And I can provide the honourable girl my dedication that we'll ship on all these ambitions.
"We'll ship on what we stated at Cop (Cop26) as a result of we care deeply about passing our kids an atmosphere in a greater state than we discovered it ourselves.”
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