The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, opposes extending the strikes to Syria and has called on his party to follow his lead. The motion was defeated 285-272.
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MPs followed Mr Lopresti’s probing with a series of questions on national security after terror attacks in Paris left 129 people dead last Friday.
“After the horror must come our resolve and determination to rid the world of this evil”, he said. “Raqqa, if you like, is the head of the snake”, Cameron told the House of Commons on Tuesday.
“I am determined to prioritise the resources we need to combat the terrorist threat because protecting the British people is my number one duty as Prime Minister”, added Cameron, who also stressed the urgency to have Theresa May’s “Investigatory Powers Bill” expedited through Parliament.
David Cameron has vowed to use military force and tougher counter-terror laws to prevent Paris-style terrorist attacks on Britain.
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said European Union partners could help “either by taking part in France’s operations in Syria or Iraq, or by easing the load or providing support for France in other operations”.
“And it is in Syria, in Raqqa, that ISIL has its headquarters”.
On counter-terrorism expertise, he said in next week’s Strategic Defence and Security Review, “we will make a major additional investment in our world class intelligence agencies”, which will include over 1,900 additional security and intelligence staff.
Cameron outlined exactly how he meant to convince people this is the right path.
Cameron said he would put his personal authority behind the government’s response to the recent Foreign Affairs Committee report.
He believed it’s crucial to understand and address the root causes of terrorist threat to defeat terrorism in the long run.
The PM refused to accept Corbyn’s comment that IS grew out of the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces in 2003.
“We can not dodge forever the question of how to degrade Isil [Isis] both in Iraq and in Syria”.
RAF Tornados have also been flying in support of Iraqi government forces in the Ramadi region, carrying out a series of successful attacks on IS positions on Friday, the MoD said.
“You can not, as I said yesterday, out source to a Russian veto the decisions we need to keep our country safe”.
He said he was also prepared to defy public opinion to bomb targets in Syria.
The specifics of this were announced on Monday, with £2 billion extra spending on the SAS and other special units.
As well as cagey talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Cameron mentioned a few things that were agreed in Antalya.
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He said that there needed to be improvements in integration in British society, by moving “away from segregation in our schools and communities and inspecting and shutting down any educational institutions that are teaching intolerance”, and to encourage reforming and moderate Muslim voices to speak up and challenge extremists.
