Minister backing fracking drive has never visited shale site
by Adam Vaughan Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#412QA)
Energy minister Claire Perry, who has defended fracking, admits she has 'not yet had the opportunity' to visit any site
The minister spearheading the UK's renewed push for fracking has admitted she has never been to a shale gas well.
In the week that fracking restarted in the UK for the first time in seven years, the energy minister, Claire Perry, revealed to a fellow Conservative MP that she had not yet had the chance to visit a shale site.
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