Debates on shale gas and electricity market reform
4 November 2011 (updated on 4 November 2011)
Tim Yeo, Conservative MP for South Suffolk and Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, moved two debates in Westminster Hall on Thursday 3 November on shale gas and electricity market reform.
Minister of State for Rewenable Energy, Charles Hendry, responded in the debates on behalf of the Government. Watch and read the view expressed by MPs during the debates on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Shale gas
- Commons Hansard: Shale gas
- Parliament TV: Electricity market reform
- Commons Hansard: Electricity market reform
Energy and Climate Change Committee reports
Shale gas
The debate follows the publication by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee of a report into shale gas and the Government's Response.
- Energy and Climate Change Committee report into shale gas: Volume I
- Energy and Climate Change Committee report into shales gas: Volume II
- Government Response to the Energy and Climate Change Committee report into shale gas
- Energy and Climate Change Committee
Electricity market reform
The debate on electricity market reform follows the publication by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee of a report into electricity market reform and the Government's Response.
- Energy and Climate Change Committee report into electricity market reform: Volume I
- Energy and Climate Change Committee report into electricity market reform: Volume II
- Government Response to the Energy and Climate Change Committee report into electricity market reform
Westminster Hall debates
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to discuss issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. MPs can discuss a variety of issues and receive a response from a government Minister.