MPs approve Syria air strikes - as it happened

Summary

MPs vote by 397 to 223 to authorise UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria
RAF Tornado jets carry out their first air strikes against IS in Syria, the Ministry of Defence confirms
Four RAF Tornado jets take off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus
During a 10-hour debate, David Cameron urged Tory MPs to 'take a stand' against IS
Jeremy Corbyn said the PM's case "does not add up" and could make the situation worse
Despite Tory rebels, PM was helped by votes of some Labour MPs, the Lib Dems and DUP
A separate cross-party amendment opposing airstrikes was defeated by 390 votes to 211

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Clegg: Lib Dems to back airstrikespublished at 21:15
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Nick Clegg tells Sky News he will be backing airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, although the party's wider position has yet to be confirmed. Explaining his reasoning, the former party leader says the "blood-curdling" attacks in Paris illustrated the "monstrous, violent" threat posed by the jihadists, France has made a direct appeal to the UK for help and the United Nations has endorsed action against IS. While bombing alone won't bring peace to Syria, he says it will "allow space" for diplomatic and political efforts to progress, adding that the UK must "play its part in a increasingly complex multinational coalition".
PM's attack on 'terrorist sympathisers'published at 21.13
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The prime minister has urged a meeting of Conservative MPs not to "sit on their hands" over Syria and warned them against "walking through the lobbies with Jeremy Corbyn and a bunch of terrorist sympathisers". Read our full story
David Cameron's attack on the Labour leader exactly mirrors comments he first made in his Conservative conference speech in October, but coming at such a highly-charged time, it has inevitably attracted a lot of attention.
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Syria debate 'pretty brutal'published at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Labour support for bombing 'falling'published at 20:48 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Syria: Newsnight specialpublished at 20:47 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Syria: Cameron and Corbyn courting MPspublished at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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DUP: 'Right time' to act against ISpublished at 19:31
Announcing the DUP's decision to support the government in tomorrow's vote on extending UK bombing against IS targets in Syria, the party's Westminster leader, Nigel Dodds, says:
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After repeated briefings from the National Security Council on Privy Council terms, and much discussion with the prime minister and others in government, we have concluded that the time is right for us to act, and to act decisively. Terrorism requires an answer from all civilised countries. We in Northern Ireland know what it's like for terrorism to be ignored or appeased."
Labour's Greenwood to oppose Syria bombingpublished at 19:21
Shadow transport secretary Lillian Greenwood has announced she will oppose UK bombing in Syria in Wednesday's vote. In a post on her Facebook page, she said she was "not convinced" about the PM's claim that there were 70,000 moderate Syrian fighters on the ground who could take the fight to IS in Syria.
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Their capacity to fill the void that ISIS would leave has not been proven, in my view, and the eventual scope of British intervention is therefore unclear. As I have not been convinced, I have concluded that I must vote against the motion tomorrow."
Tory MP on UK 'terror risk' if air strikes go aheadpublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Labour MP clarifies briefing tweetspublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Anti-war demonstrators outside Parliamentpublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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PM 'hasn't addressed our concerns' on Syria, says committeepublished at 18:45
A narrow majority of MPs on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee has voted to conclude that the prime minister has "not adequately addressed concerns" raised by the committee in its report on UK policy on Syria.
In a minute released on the House of Commons website, it says that four MPs voted in favour of that position, including two Conservative MPs: John Baron and Andrew Rosindell.
The two others were Stephen Gethins of the SNP and Labour’s Yasmin Qureshi.
Three Conservative MPs voted against the motion.
Democratic Unionist Party to back air strikes in Syriapublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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PM's welcome at 1922 committee meetingpublished at 18:37 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Are there 70,000 Syrian 'moderates' ready to back UK?published at 18:35
By Michael Stephens, Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), Doha
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In advocating a case for extending UK air strikes into Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron outlined a strategy of targeting so-called Islamic State (IS), paralleled with a diplomatic track in which the main opposition groupings sat down with the Syrian regime and worked out a transition of power.
As part of making the case for a robust diplomatic process, the prime minister noted that as many as 70,000 fighters who did not belong to extremist groups were still committed to fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
The figure has raised eyebrows: there was no clarity offered as to who these fighters are, where they are fighting, and what sort of relationships these moderate groups have to al-Qaeda, and indeed IS.
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Syria air strikes: What you need to knowpublished at 18:25
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Tomorrow MPs are to debate - and later vote on - UK air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria.
The government motion, external to be voted on specifically authorises air strikes "exclusively" against IS in Syria - but not British troops on the ground.
Here are the key questions answered
'PM addressing Tory MPs over Syria'published at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Eagle: UK under 'imminent threat' from ISpublished at 17:51
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Explaining her decision to back extending airstrikes to Syria, Maria Eagle writes, external:
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I am satisfied that this country is under an imminent and growing threat of attack by Isil/Daesh, of the kind recently unleashed in Paris, Ankara, Beirut and on the Russian civil airliner destroyed over Sinai – orchestrated, planned and directed from Raqqa in north east Syria."
She also says she believes the four conditions set by Labour in its party conference motion on Syria "have been met".
Dorries: Should MPs be banned from tweeting?published at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2015
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Maria Eagle to support Syria air strikespublished at 17:44
Labour's shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, has announced she will be backing the government over extending the UK's bombing campaign against IS, to Syria. She has explained her reasons for doing so in a blog entry on her website, external.