Brandon Lewis - Revision history

Melissa Jones: /* Views on fracking */

2019-07-30T03:35:10Z

Views on fracking

Melissa Jones at 03:33, 30 July 2019

2019-07-30T03:33:03Z

Melissa Jones: /* Views on fracking */

2019-07-30T03:25:55Z

Views on fracking

Melissa Jones: /* Views on fracking */

2019-07-30T03:25:05Z

Views on fracking

Melissa Jones: /* Views on fracking */

2019-07-30T03:23:17Z

Views on fracking

Melissa Jones: /* Meetings with fracking companies */

2019-07-30T03:21:41Z

Meetings with fracking companies

Melissa Jones at 03:14, 30 July 2019

2019-07-30T03:14:23Z

Melissa Jones at 03:11, 30 July 2019

2019-07-30T03:11:50Z

Melissa Jones: Cuadrilla meeting

2019-07-30T03:11:04Z

Cuadrilla meeting

Melissa Jones at 03:02, 30 July 2019

2019-07-30T03:02:09Z

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 ==Views on fracking==
 ===Local councils should be allowed to decide===
-Although Lewis is generally in favour of his party's position on fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s 'Any Questions' programme, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
+{{‪Template:Fracking badge‬}}Although Lewis is generally in favour of his party's position on fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s 'Any Questions' programme, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
 He stated:

@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 ==Political donations==
 ===Received===
-Lewis has received donations from energy firms all over the UK, including Great Yarmouth. This includes £2,000 from [[Brineflow Properties and Handling]] Ltd - which provides concentrated sodium and potassium brine for offshore drilling and £10,000 from [[Offshore Group]] Newcastle - a firm which provides engineering and construction for oil, gas and renewable energy projects. He has also received £5,000 from Great Yarmouth business [[Pasta Foods]].
+Lewis has received donations from energy firms all over the UK, including Great Yarmouth. This includes £2,000 from [[Brineflow Properties and Handling]] Ltd - which provides concentrated sodium and potassium brine for offshore drilling and £10,000 from [[Offshore Group Newcastle]] - a firm which provides engineering and construction for oil, gas and renewable energy projects, owned by Russian oligarch [[Alexander Temerko]]. He has also received £5,000 from Great Yarmouth business [[Pasta Foods]].
 Lewis has said: 'Donations are all recorded on the register of members’ interests and available for scrutiny as per the law, and rightly so. Many donations to parties and candidates are very small ones. These donations, large and small, come from people who support my work for Great Yarmouth and/or want a Conservative government which will continue the work to fix our economy and move our country forward.'<ref> Annabelle Dickson [http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/second_jobs_and_party_donations_from_energy_firms_it_and_property_companies_what_has_your_mp_declared_in_the_latest_mp_s_register_of_interests_1_3824860 Second jobs and party donations from energy firms, IT and property companies - what has your MP declared in the latest MP’s register of interests?] ''Eastern Daily Press'', 29 October 2014, accessed 20 February 2015 </ref>

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ==Views on fracking==
+===Local councils should be allowed to decide===
 Although Lewis is generally in favour of his party's position on fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s 'Any Questions' programme, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
 He stated:

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 ==Views on fracking==
-Although Lewis is in favour of fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
+Although Lewis is generally in favour of his party's position on fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s 'Any Questions' programme, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
 He stated:
-:“I had two years as the housing and planning minister, so in terms of the decision here locally it is a decision that has been made by locally-elected councillors who are locally democratically accountable as part of a planning process
+:“I had two years as the housing and planning minister, so in terms of the decision here locally it is a decision that has been made by locally-elected councillors who are locally democratically accountable as part of a planning process.
 :“The reality is those councillors will have had to have made a decision. When they look at a planning application, they will have to look at all the evidence that is put in front of them, make a decision about what they think is right as locally elected councillors for their area. And I think it is absolutely right that these decisions are made by local people and they are made by local people through their local authority, that is how our democratic system works.” <ref> Ruth Hayhurst, [https://drillordrop.com/2016/09/23/former-planning-minister-backs-local-decisions-on-fracking/ Former planning minister backs local decisions on fracking], ''DrillorDrop'', 23 December 2016 </ref>
 ===Meetings with fracking companies===

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 ==Views on fracking==
-Although Lewis is in favour of fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition. <ref. Ruth Hayhurst, [https://drillordrop.com/2016/09/23/former-planning-minister-backs-local-decisions-on-fracking/ Former planning minister backs local decisions on fracking], ''DrillorDrop'', 23 December 2016 </ref>
+Although Lewis is in favour of fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition.
 ===Meetings with fracking companies===

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 Lewis served on Brentwood Borough Council for more than 10 years, and was Leader for five of those. <ref name= "Gov"/>
-==Meetings with fracking companies==
+==Views on fracking==
-In March 2018, policing minister Lewis met fracking company Cuadrilla as protests at the firm’s Preston New Road drilling site in Lancashire intensified. Six months later, in September, three anti-fracking campaigners at the site were jailed. The sentences were overturned on appeal. <ref> Peter Lazenby, [https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-tories-are-working-hand-in-hand-with-the-fracking-industry-labour-charges The Tories are ‘working hand in hand with the fracking industry,’ Labour charges], MorningStar, 11 November 2018 </ref>
+Although Lewis is in favour of fracking, he has said he believes decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority. He made the comment on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, broadcast four miles from [[Third Energy]]’s fracking site in North Yorkshire just days before the then communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] decided Cuadrilla should be allowed to frack at two sites in Lancashire, despite widespread local opposition. <ref. Ruth Hayhurst, [https://drillordrop.com/2016/09/23/former-planning-minister-backs-local-decisions-on-fracking/ Former planning minister backs local decisions on fracking], ''DrillorDrop'', 23 December 2016 </ref>
 ==Education==

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 Lewis served on Brentwood Borough Council for more than 10 years, and was Leader for five of those. <ref name= "Gov"/>
 ===Education===
@@ Line 24: / Line 31: @@
 *[[Helen Hill]] - Councillor, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames <ref name="March"/>
 ==Political donations==

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 *Minister without Portfolio from January 2018 to July 2019
 *Minister of State for Immigration from June 2017 to January 2018
 *Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] from July 2014 until July 2016.
-*Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from September 2012 until July 2014.
+*Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from September 2012 until July 2014.<ref name="No10reshuffle">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2014 Ministerial appointments: July 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.</ref>
 ==Background==
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 *[[Ann Gisborne]] - Deputy registrar, Suffolk County Council <ref name="March"/>
 *[[Helen Hill]] - Councillor, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames <ref name="March"/>
 ==Political donations==