Middle MHK to ask urgent HoK question about Crogga

Stu Peters will ask DoI about licence renewal

Permission has been granted for an MHK to ask an urgent question about Crogga in next week’s sitting of the House of Keys.

Middle politician Stu Peters will quiz the infrastructure minister about whether the company’s petroleum licence has expired.

He also wants to know whether government has any intention to renew it and if not if that means the Island could never establish if there is a commercial gas field in Manx territorial waters.

Earlier this week, in the House of Keys, MHKs voted against having an urgent debate on Crogga’s plans to drill for gas which had been sparked by Onchan MHK Julie Edge.

It’s understood members of Crogga have lobbied Tynwald members to intervene.

Treasury Minister Alex Allinson told Manx Radio he acknowledges progress – on drilling the seabed for a gas supply – has been slow:

The House of Keys sitting will take place from 10am on Tuesday (4 March) - you can find the order paper here.