Events about fracking and onshore oil and gas in the final half of December

• Committee stage of the Infrastructure Bill in House of Commons
• Solidarity Sunday at Ellesmere Port
• Deadline for responses to Celtique Energie appeal against refusal of permission
• Deadline for submissions to parliamentary inquiry into the environmental risks of fracking

Saturday 13, December 2014
National Meet and Exchange – two day event for anti-fracking and anti-onshore drilling groups across the UK. 10am Saturday 13^th December – 4pm Sunday 14^th December, Nuffield House, Barclay Street, Leicester LE3 0JE, Details here and here

Frack Free Winter Street Festival, 12pm-4.30pm, Stroud Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 1AE, Details here and here

Meeting of Llantrithyd Residents Association and other campaigners in the Vale of Glamorgan, 11am, outside Cowbridge town hall, Details

Sunday 14, December 2014
Solidarity Sunday event, 12pm-5pm, IGas site, Portside One, Merseyton Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 2HQ Details

Hastings and Rother Anti-Fracking group “Meet the Member” coffee hour, 2pm, Nero’s coffee shop, Hastings, Details

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

First hearing in the Committee stage of Infrastructure Bill, House of Commons  Details

POSTPONED Decision by Shropshire Council’s North Planning Committee of Dart Energy exploratory drilling application for site near Ellesmere

Friday, 19 December 2014
Deadline for comments to the planning inspectorate for Celtique Energie’s appeal against refusal of planning permission to drill near Wisborough Green and Kirdford. Comments should be sent to Alan.Ridley@pins.gsi.gov.uk or posted to the planning inspectorate 
at Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN

Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Deadline for written submissions to House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee inquiry on the environmental risks of fracking Details Our report on inquiry