"SCAREMONGERING" by anti-fracking campaigners is as bad as that of anti-vaxxers, a Tory former Cabinet minister has told Parliament.
Lord Lilley spoke as the Government was tackled at Westminster over the lifting of the ban on the controversial gas extraction technique in the face of soaring energy costs and fears over the security of supply, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A moratorium had been in place since 2019 following a series of earth tremors, and Conservatives representing seats in northern England have been angered at the move to end it, which breaks a Tory manifesto promise.
