Anthony Greaves
Anthony Greaves (Lord Greaves) is a life peer in the House of Lords. He became a Liberal Democrats member of the Lords in May 2000.
Greaves was a member of Lancashire County Council for 25 years, and a local councillor on Colne Borough Council and subsequently on Pendle Borough Council, on which he still retains his seat.
Written questions House of Lords
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Question by Lord Greaves Liberal Democrat 24 September 2015
- To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Prime Minister on 11 September (HC9076), on what evidence they base the statement that “investment in shale could reach £33 billion and support 64,000 jobs in the oil, gas, construction, engineering and chemical sectors”; how many wells would be required to achieve such levels of investment and employment; and over what time period such levels would be achieved.
Reply by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Conservative
- EY’s 2014 report, ‘Getting Ready for UK Shale Gas: Supply chain and skills requirements and opportunities’ identifies that over the period of 2016–32 c.£33bn of spend could be required to bring up to 4,000 wells into production. At peak this equates to around £3.3bn of spend and some 64,500 jobs (6,100 of which are direct roles).
Affiliations
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - member prior to May 2015 general election and afterwards
