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Labour peer Lord Rooker has strong words for the his party's front bench in the Commons, comparing the exploitation by IS of the "innate tolerance" of the UK with "the way the anti-British trots in the Labour Party are using our tolerance to get control".

"Daesh are coming for us," he says, and warns of the lessons of Munich: "If you don't fight when attacked, you lose."

Leaving his strongest words about Jeremy Corbyn until last, the former minister says:

Conservative David Burrowes says that it is "not surprising" that MPs who voted against attacking IS in Iraq in 2014 are opposed to air strikes in Syria today.

He was in favour of action then, and says we should "stand four square" behind air strikes today.

He argues that the evidence shows that IS are a "clear and imminent" threat to UK citizens and it must be tackled.

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Non-affiliated peer Baroness Uddin says that the "fundamental foundations" of the government's arguments are flawed.

She argues that "precision bombing" will not ensure the safety of civilians in Syria and asks the government for intelligence on the numbers of civilians that are likely to be "victims of our actions".

Baroness Uddin asks how the UK will undertake precision bombing to make it "less bloody" than the recent US strikes.

Labour MP Liam Byrne says he will vote against the government tonight. He says he wants to see an "overwhelming coalition" to "smash Daesh into history."

But he adds that "quite frankly" the ground forces needed are not there.

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Crossbench peer Lord Bilimoria says that unlike the invasion of Iraq the current situation is different because "we have the authority of the UN to take whatever steps are necessary".

He says that he feels vindicated in arguing a year ago that airstrikes limited to Iraq alone "did not make sense and was a half-cocked measure".

Lord Bilimoria says the recent Strategic Defence and Security Review shows that the government is "serious" about strengthening our armed forces, and allows the UK to do more than we could have done two years ago.

In an emotional speech, Labour's Alison McGovern says she "needs to believe" that the government is committed to a broader strategy in order to vote for air strikes.

She says if she votes for the motion today she will be holding the prime minister to account in parliament in the future.

Conservative James Heappey says we are being asked to join a coalition of our allies, and we "must answer the call."

He adds that a bombing campaign could "buy the time" for Syrian forces to co-ordinate themselves into a position where they can fight Isis.

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Independent Ulster Unionist peer Lord Maginnis of Drumglass says "although I have deep reservations with the prime minister's fixation on bombing Syria, I am not a terrorist sympathiser". 

"My reservations derive from my own experience of terrorism," he says, and he argues that to win "one has to dominate the ground - not just from a military perspective but in terms of liaisons, communications and administration".

Lord Maginnis also warns against our possible allies in the fight against IS saying "the Russian bomber flying alongside ours would have totally different short and long term objectives".

"Now is not the time to fly our planes into the diplomatic fog" he warns.

Quoting Edmund Burke, Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach says "the only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to walk by", and urges MPs to support the Syrian's who are resisting IS.

She says that she will vote with the government tonight.

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Former SDP leader Lord Owen, who sits in the Lords as an independent social democrat, gives a wide ranging view of the situation and how he feels it should be dealt with.

"This war must involve regional forces" he says, and calls for coordination of these forces by the five permanent members of UN security council who should each take responsibility for an area of Syria in which to fight IS.

Lord Owen says this strategy will "face a reality" that Assad is strong in the coastal areas, with Russia, and with the Alawites in Syria.

He says "This will be very difficult to do but there are forces that can be called on including forces from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey".

"We must not despair when we don't have immediate success" he warns.

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Former foreign secretary William Hague has backed military action in Syria in his maiden speech in the House of Lords. But he warned that Western troops may be needed on the ground to defeat Islamic State and that Syria could ultimately be broken up.

Labour's Albert Owen says that he will not vote with the government tonight, because there is no government on the Syrian side of the border that the military action would be supporting.

He says there is no "comprehensive strategy" for success in Syria.

Conservative MP Helen Whately says "after the Paris attack if we don't stand with France now, when will we?"

She will be voting in favour of air strikes.

Labour MP Mary Creagh says "Isil poses a clear threat to Britain", and adds that there is "no hope" of negotiating with them.

She says there is a "massive" humanitarian crisis, and that she "regrets" the 2013 vote against action in Syria.

She will be voting in favour of air strikes.