Mark Votes for Outright Ban on Fracking
Mark Griffin MSP joined Scottish Labour MSPs, in supporting an outright ban on fracking in the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Labour's motion for an outright ban was supported by the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. Tory MSPs voted against the proposals and the SNP abstained.
Following the vote, Mark said:
"I was proud to vote for an outright ban on fracking and I am pleased it received the support of the majority of MSPs.
"I am disappointed that the SNP chose to abstain from voting on this important matter. Many SNP MSPs have spoken out against fracking in the past, but chose to sit on their hands when it came to an important vote on the issue.
"There is no doubt about the science - to meet our climate change goals and protect our environment we need to develop low carbon sources of energy, not another fossil fuel.
"Scottish Labour's position is clear - no ifs, no buts, no fracking. The SNP Government must now come clean on fracking and let local people know if they will respect this important vote and support an outright ban."
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