Fracking vote: Conservative MPs must "show some backbone"

Liberal Democrats have called on Conservative MPs to "show some backbone" by voting for the fracking ban today. It comes as analysis by the party reveals that fracking caused 192 earthquakes in 182 days at the one active site in the UK, equivalent to more than one a day. 

Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Spokesperson, Wera Hobhouse said:

"Conservative MPs will not be forgiven if they give the go-ahead to fracking our countryside for more expensive gas instead of backing renewables: the cheapest and most popular form of energy.

"Conservative MPs should show some backbone and put their communities before their party. They know that fracking won’t bring down energy bills, it’s not safe and most importantly it flies in the face of the urgent need to get to net zero and move away from fossil fuels. Our constituents don't want fracking. 

"Once again, Liz Truss’s ideological obsessions trump all other concerns, and it’s the British people who will suffer. "

ENDS

Fracking caused 192 earthquakes in 182 days in 2018-19 at the UK's one fracking site, in Lancashire. This was recently reported in the Guardian