Ryedale MP U-TURN

MANY of us in North Yorkshire have strong feelings about fracking, which is unsurprising as we would be living with the consequences for decades to come. In the past our Conservative MP, Kevin Hollinrake, actively supported fracking; something that dismayed many of his constituents who care about the environment and the legacy we leave for future generations.

So, I was delighted when Mr Hollinrake revealed his fracking U-turn, at a recent public meeting hosted by Ryedale Environmental Group, stating that he thought that “the time for fracking has passed”. I wholeheartedly agree with the view expressed by Mr Hollinrake at that meeting: that renewables are now a more economically and environmentally viable alternatives to fossil fuels.

Can we now look forward to hearing our MP express his support for a formal ban on fracking in Parliament? We hope so. However, I remember his dismissal of Marcus Rashford’s appeal for the Government to provide free school meals in the holidays only to then welcome the idea when the Government U-turned and provided money to local authorities.

I urge Mr Hollinrake to honour his words and hope that he will campaign and then vote to ban fracking once and for all.

Angela Cole, Westow.