The business secretary suggests residents living near fracking sites should get royalty payments.
Speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham, Mr Rees-Mogg was asked about community consent for energy projects.
"Then they have to go around to an identifiable community and if they get 50% plus one in favour then they should be able to go ahead," he told the event, hosted by the Telegraph newspaper. As for when mining for shale gas could start again, Mr Rees-Mogg said the government was reviewing the level of seismic activity - earthquakes - allowed at sites.
Pointing to the audience, the host of the event, journalist Christopher Hope, asked Mr Rees-Mogg whether they should be "ok" with fracking in their back gardens.
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