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    1. StGuthlac2025 on

      This sounds like the confident actions of a man who thinks his party will be in the majority come the next election………………………

    2. This is a good move, but its not great that its needed. Fracking produces tiny amounts of gas, costs huge amounts of money, and is massively polluting.

      Theres no rational reason to do it, even if its legal.

    3. FuzzBuket on

      God the BBC editors really trying to get the worst photo of Ed possible.

      Though I’m glad he’s still energy minister, does seem like he’s one of the few in the cabinet who have convictions and beliefs.

    4. LurkingWriter25 on

      You have to verify youre over 18 to watch fracking in the UK

    5. LiamJonsano on

      How does a government ban anything *permanently*?

      *If* Reform got a majority (or any collaboration between those that will want it, they’d just overturn it along with anything else

      Seems a silly statement to me, a more tactful approach would be to ban it while still hanging on a *yeah reform could undo this if they got in so let’s make sure that doesn’t happen folks*

    6. Fracking will be banned forever until a new law rescinds it or just allows it. Parliament is sovereign and future Governments can repeal or modify previous laws.

      I like the idea of fracking. With much oversight.

    7. MortimerMan2 on

      You can’t ban something permanently, any future gov (or even the same one) can just repeal the law…

      Can we just ban Ed Milliband?

    8. Kind-County9767 on

      But… That doesn’t work? You can’t ban something permanently here can you? If reform get a majority they unban it and frack away.

    9. Jayzulu23 on

      Another reason to not for Reform (they want to start Fracking and cut funding to renewables).

    10. If you ever needed confirmation that the BBC comment section is botted to hell

    11. Helios_AI on

      Yea you’d think ol’ Bacon Boy would know that this isn’t workable because you can’t prevent future parliaments from repealing or amended laws.

    12. grapplinggigahertz on

      >At the conference, ministers have also said they are considering removing policy costs from energy bills to make electricity cheaper.

      So where are they going to place those policy costs? Taxation, or has been suggested by Labour, moving the cost to gas.

    13. AllRedLine on

      We don’t have a codified constitution. It’s impossible to ban anything permanently in this country.

      Reform will repeal this with a stroke of a pen on day one when Farage is PM.

    14. maltanis on

      I look forward to councils and government bodies no longer wasting time and money debating with companies trying to frack in the UK.

      Reform are also pro-fracking, despite all of the proven negative impacts it has, so it’s a good way to show why they’re not good for the country, as they would want to repeal such a law.

    15. humanmale-earth on

      By ‘permanently ‘, they mean until they lose the next election

    16. Shitelark on

      Good. TOOT TOOT. Labour doing good stuff. More good stuff please.

    17. Dapper_Otters on

      Good stuff. Shame everyone is getting hung up on a single word in the headline.

      Why legislate it? Simple:

      It shows government commitment to a long term goal.

      It makes it more difficult to rescind in future.

      It means that any future party that wants to repeal it has to nail their cross to the door on it (so to speak).

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