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\"Fergus<\/a><\/p>\n

I totally understand that those with different perspectives in the debate on unconventional oil and gas have strongly held views, but I very much welcome the positive and constructive welcome from both industry interests and from environmental organisations to the Scottish Government\u2019s announcement of a full public consultation and a moratorium on unconventional oil and gas.<\/p>\n

As I informed Parliament we will set out the timetable for the programme of work on unconventional oil and gas in due course. However as a precursor to that myself and fellow Ministers are happy to have a series of meeting with both industry representatives and environmental organisations to further discuss this issue.<\/p>\n

Our approach in Scotland is to build consensus where possible, not to create confrontation, and provide a right to take part in a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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