David Mowat
David Mowat has been the Conservative Party member of parliament (MP) for Warrington South since 2010.
In May 2015 he was appointed private parliamentary secretary (PPS) to Greg Clark, the secretary of state for communities and local government.
He was previously PPS to Clark as financial secretary from 2012 and in subsequent ministerial roles as cities and constitution minister and later also universities and science minister.
Background
- Former global managing partner for management consultancy firm Accenture, having qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Stance on fracking
Mowat's constituency includes one oil and gas licence blocks, awarded to INOES by the Oil and Gas Authority under the 14th licensing round in 2015. There are plans for one well and 2D and 3D seismic surveying; no applications are currently underway. [1] IGas has also owned a license block covering part of Mowat's constituency since 2009and a coal bed methane production site at Doe Green. [2] In 2011, David Mowat met with Andrew Austin, CEO of IGas, following an announcement that the energy company would be expanding the site. [3]
Voting record
Mowat has generally voted against increased regulation on fracking. [4]
- 26 January 2015: voted against making fracking companies apply for an environmental permit before conducting exploratory drilling. He voted against an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to include an 18 month moratorium on fracking.
- 11 February 2015: voted in favour of requiring more pre-conditions for where fracking can take place.
- 16 December 2015: voted in favour of weakening regulations on fracking in protected areas and national parks.
Affiliations
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy - Co-chair June 2015 - present
- Joint Committee on the Draft Financial Services Bill
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy Costs - Vice-Chair
- All-Party Parliamentary Group for the UK Aluminium Industry - Vice-chair[5]
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas - Former vice-chair
Notes
- ↑ Oil and gas: licensing rounds, GOV.uk, accessed 14 November 2016.
- ↑ UK: IGas receives approval to produce gas from Warrington site, energy-pedia, 21 January 2009, accessed 19 December 2016.
- ↑ Mowat meets with IGas CEO, MP's website, 9 June 2011, accessed 19 December 2016.
- ↑ TheyWorkForYou | David Mowat, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 19 December 2016.
- ↑ Aluminium Industry APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 18 November 2015
