The Government has been told it must publish in full a heavily-redacted report on the impacts of fracking

An internal document - titled Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts - had several key sections obscured when it was published by the Environment Department (Defra) last summer in response to a request under environmental information laws.

 Assessments of the impacts on house prices and local services were heavily redacted in the draft report. That led to calls from campaigners for the full report to be published. 

The Information Commissioner has now ordered Defra to publish in full the document, which is covered by Environmental Information Regulations, following a complaint by environmental group Greenpeace. Defra has 35 days to publish the full report. 

Carole Walker
Political correspondent

A group of Conservative Eurosceptic MPs have set out their demands for the changes they want the prime minister to achieve in his renegotiation of Britain's membership of the EU. In a pamphlet launched at the Commons, Bernard Jenkin, John Redwood and Bill Cash say they want the "legal and constitutional basis for the new relationship based on 'trade and co-operation'."

The pamphlet says 

Don't fancy reading the full report on the renovation of the Palace of Westminster? Fear not, Parliamentary authorities have produced a simple guide, external. 

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Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has suggested using the local rather than parliamentary franchise for the EU referendum. 

Mr Brake criticised the lack of consistency which means some EU citizens living in Britain, such as the Irish and Maltese, will be able to take part, as well as those from Commonwealth countries, while others are excluded. Referring to the example of French MSP Christian Allard, Mr Brake asked MPs: 

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Commons leader Chris Grayling says "lessons will need to be learned" for future inquiries once the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War is complete. 

Sir John Chilcot's delayed report was repeatedly raised by MPs during the business statement in the Commons today. 

Mr Grayling said he shared people's "frustration" that the conclusions had still not been published.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has given her reaction to the news that the government is to end onshore wind farm subsidies.

She branded  the move "short-sighted and irrational" and said it showed the "skewed priorities" of the government which continues to "heavily subsidise oil, gas and coal companies through tax breaks".

Ever wondered what people drink in the House of Lords' bars? Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, external, we now know. £112,000 of white wine was sold last year, compared with £72,000 of red, £48,000 of beer and £27,000 of spirits. Total expenditure on alcohol last year was £289,076. It should be pointed out that this is not exclusively peers' consumption, as other pass-holders also have access to some of the eight bars.

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BBC chief political correspondent Vicki Young, speaking from Parliament's (newish and now looking more value-for-money) Portcullis House, says the Palace of Westminster has some "real problems", highlighted by the report.

She goes through the different options proposed by the review, and says the big question is what happens to Parliament while the work is undertaken. Thousands of people work here, she notes.

She adds the 2020 deadline to start the work is "pretty optimistic". Will the public be willing to fund all of this, too, she wonders.

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Put to Graham Stringer that government ministers need to be close to their departments (in Whitehall), the MP suggests they could be moved, too. Mr Duncan says it is "a tragedy" that "already we are getting diverted by these sort of arguments".

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Graham Stringer, the Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton, says that whatever option they choose it will be expensive. But it's a real opportunity to rebalance this country, he says, adding that MPs should be permanently moved out of London - advocating Manchester as its new home.

But Alan Duncan, the Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, dismisses the idea as "ridiculous and impractical". He says he doesn't know which of the report's options he favours, yet.