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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Rees-Mogg should make his constituency first to be fracked, says Tory MP

The Cuadrilla hydraulic fracking site on Preston New Road, Lancashire.
The Cuadrilla hydraulic fracking site on Preston New Road, Lancashire. Photograph: Cuadrilla/PA

Jacob Rees-Mogg should “lead by example” and make his the first constituency to be fracked, a Conservative MP has said.

Mark Menzies, the MP for Fylde, challenged the business secretary to start drilling in North East Somerset before imposing fracking on other constituencies.

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