The Telegraph: Fracking under homes: 99 per cent opposed to law change
Fracking under homes without owners' consent must be allowed despite overwhelming opposition to a consultation on the plans, ministers have said.
More than 99 per cent of respondents to the consultation opposed the planned law change, which would hand energy companies an automatic right to frack deep beneath homes in pursuit of shale gas or oil.
But ministers brushed aside the concerns and laid the proposals before the Lords on Thursday night, insisting the plans would "help bolster our national energy security".