Article 421NR 'More and more' Tories turning against fracking, says MP

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

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Helen Pidd North of England editor
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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.

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