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Mark D'Arcy reports as MPs approve plans for a medical innovations database.

The idea - which would allow doctors to share information about treatments - sparked a fierce debate in the Commons.

A senior Conservative, Dr Sarah Wollaston, who chairs the Commons health committee said the proposals would "unravel very important patient protections2 and have "unintended and very dangerous consequences for research".

The plan was proposed by another Conservative, Chris Heaton-Harris, who said his private members bill would help doctors share ideas and "lead to good practice".

The measure cleared its first parliamentary hurdle when it was given a second reading by 32 votes to 19, a majority of 13.

MPs also heard calls for a change in the law to give renters in England and Wales a legal right to accommodation that's fit for human habitation.