"MPs have been granted a vote on whether they should be allowed to keep their home addresses secret to protect their privacy and security."

Channel 4 News liveblogged the 42-day detention vote in the House of Commons using CoveritLive.

James Ball: "People who spend time and money fighting to get important documents released under the Freedom of Information Act deserve their scoops"

"All that the High Court did last week was rule that once an Act has been passed, MPs can’t exempt themselves from it. They must comply with the Freedom of Information Act however embarrassing that is for them."

Heather Brooke on winning her FOI case: "It’s not right that a citizen is forced to fight so hard for such a basic level of democratic accountability from our elected representatives."

"The Nice Polite Campaign to Gently Encourage Parliament to Publish Bills in a 21st Century Way, Please. Now."

The House of Commons has released the so-called "John Lewis list", which finance officials use to approve or reject MPs’ expenses claims.

"British members of Parliament should file receipts to reclaim all expenses over 25 pounds ($50), the Speaker of the House of Commons said in a report aimed at sweeping away suggestions of financial misconduct."

Heather Brooke on MPs’ expenses: "[E]ven the most successful journalist would be doing well to claim £130,000 in tax-free expenses on top of a £60,000 salary"

Jim Sheridan MP: "Foreign students make a valuable contribution to many of our disciplines, particularly in manufacturing industry. However, there is one discipline through which they make little contribution to the UK economy: journalism." O RLY?

David Miliband: "In accordance with the Information Tribunal’s decision of 22 January 2008, I have today released what has been described as John Williams’ draft of the September 2002 Iraq weapons of mass destruction dossier."

"There is an obvious conflict of interest when the person deciding on the disclosure of MPs’ expenses is himself receiving quite a substantial amount of this public money himself."

"The BBC should fully open its accounts to the National Audit Office (NAO) to prove it is getting value for money from the licence fee, MPs have said."

"MP Martin Salter revealed [Jonathan] Evans was planning to meet privately with MPs. Mr Salter said he was "frustrated" as Mr Evans had spoken in public to the Society of Editors earlier this month."