"Miliband said he will announce in the consultation results for the future of North Sea's energy that Labour will legislate to ban new onshore oil and gas licences to ensure no future fracking can take place. Miliband and the Labour government have no intention to frack so it's to trip up a future Reform government. Currently, the energy secretary can choose to lift the fracking moratorium without a vote in parliament."
"This could make things very tricky for Reform as it would involve persuading MPs in areas that could be fracked to vote for it, despite likely opposition from local people. Fracking is deeply unpopular because of the earthquakes, disruption and blight to the countryside it causes. Liz Truss, the former prime minister, found this when Miliband tried to bring a fracking ban bill to parliament. She could not force her MPs to vote against the bill."
Labour will bring forward legislation this autumn to ban new onshore oil and gas licences and prevent future onshore fracking. Fracking uses high-pressure injections of water, chemicals and sand into deep rock to create fissures that release trapped gas or oil. The proposed law would remove the current ability of the energy secretary to lift the moratorium unilaterally and require any future government to win a parliamentary vote to restart onshore fracking. The change aims to make restarting fracking politically difficult given strong local opposition, concerns about earthquakes, disruption and countryside blight, and past seismic incidents during exploration.
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