MPs voted on three new clauses to the Infrastructure Bill dealing with fracking and onshore drilling for oil and gas. All three clauses were rejected. But MPs accepted Labour’s clause proposing new regulations for fracking and shale gas sites without a vote. None of the other amendments submitted on fracking were considered. Details below:

Vote 1 on specific fracking regulations
New Clause 1 proposed by shadow ministers Tom Greatrex, Richard Burden and Robert Blackman-Woods. This would have amended the Environmental Permitting Regulations to include specific regulations on hydraulic fracturing operations, exploration, drilling wells, decommissioning and long-term maintenance.

Result
Those in favour 224
Those against 320
New clause not included in the Infrastructure Bill

Vote 2 on devolving licensing and mineral access rights to Scotland
New Clause 2 proposed by shadow ministers Tom Greatrex, Richard Burden and Robert Blackman-Woods. This would amend the Scotland Act to give the Scottish Government responsibility for licensing and mineral access rights for onshore shale gas extraction

Result
Those in favour 231
Those against 324
New clause not included in the Infrastructure Bill

Vote 3 on a fracking moratorium
New clause 9 proposed by Yasmin Qureshi, Mr Roger Godsiff, Martin Caton, Mr Michael Thornton, John Mann, Caroline Lucas, Hywel Williams, Dr Julian Huppert, Dr Alan Whitehead, Mr Mark Williams, Joan Walley, Roger Williams, Jeremy Corbyn. This would declare a moratorium on fracking while an independent assessment was carried out into the impact of unconventional petroleum on climate change, the environment, health and safety and the economy.

Result
Those in favour 52
Those against 308
Most Labour MPs abstained in the vote
New clause not included in the Infrastructure Bill

Labour’s proposed conditions on fracking
New clause 19 proposed by Tom Greatrex, shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint and Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West. This set conditions for hydraulic fracturing to take place. This included:

• Environmental Impact Assessments
• Independent inspections on well integrity
• Monitoring on the site for the previous 12 months
• Site-by-site measurement, monitoring and public disclosure of existing the fugitive emissions

No fracking can take place in

• Groundwater source protection zones
• Protected areas
• On land under 1,000m

Also required:

• Planning authorities consider the cumulative impact of fracking activities
• Provision of community benefit schemes
• Residents in affected areas notified individually
• Substances used subject to approval of the Environment Agency
• Land is left in condition required by the planning authority
• Water companies are consulted by planning authorities

The government accepted this new clause as part of the bill and there was no vote.