'More and more' Tories turning against fracking, says MP

Lee Rowley says many colleagues have concerns as opposition builds to loosening of planning rules

A growing number of Tory MPs are turning against fracking, according to one MP with a drilling site in his constituency.

Lee Rowley, who chairs the new all-party parliamentary group looking into the impact of shale gas, told the Guardian he was seeing increasing numbers of colleagues with worries about hydraulic fracturing.