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

On fracking

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