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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has avoided defeat on a non-binding motion in the Commons over Britain’s role in the missile strikes on Syria’s suspected chemical weapons facilities.
A motion brought forward by Jeremy Corbyn, which stated the House of Commons has considered Parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British forces overseas, was approved by 317 to 256 - majority 61.
Several Labour MPs defied Mr Corbyn's request to vote against the emergency debate motion, as the Opposition sought to express its dissatisfaction at the Government's treatment of Parliament in relation to the military action in Syria.
Opening the debate, Mr Corbyn said: “I am sorry to say the Prime Minister's decision not to recall Parliament and engage in further military action in Syria last week showed a flagrant disregard for this convention.”
But Ms May defended her decision to take action without seeking Parliament's approval, saying that coming to the Commons beforehand would have compromised the “effectiveness of our operations and safety of British servicemen and women”.
Earlier on Tuesday, Theresa May also apologised to Caribbean leaders for the Government’s “appalling treatment” of the so-called Windrush generation.
It comes after Amber Rudd, the home secretary, announced on Monday she was setting up a new taskforce to speed up the regularisation of the immigration status of people who arrived in the UK as long ago as the 1940s.
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Mr Lammy said he has been contacted by Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes and told that the deportation of Mr Haynes would not go ahead on Wednesday.
"The deportation is being halted and his case is being reviewed. Justice will be done," he wrote on Twitter.
Jeremy Corbyn's proposal to limit the Government's ability to launch military operations would "entrench inaction", MPs have heard.
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg took Mr Corbyn to task over his approach to the missile strikes in Syria, telling MPs of the numerous powers Parliament already has to check the use of military force - dating back to the Bill of Rights in 1689.
Mr Rees-Mogg challenged the Labour leader to call a vote of confidence in the Government if he did not feel comfortable with the strikes.
He said: "It would have been open to the opposition instead of going for an SO24 debate, to ask for a vote of confidence in Her Majesty's Government, and I think that would have been the right thing to do having listened carefully to the leader of the opposition's speech.
"The opposition fundamentally does not have confidence, or its leadership does not, to have made this decision and then we would have seen whether this House had confidence in the executive to make the decisions that are the legitimate business of the executive."
MPs are now voting on Corbyn's motion about whether the House has considered whether Parliament should be consulted on military action.
He's ordered Labour MPs to vote against his own measure in protest.
Results are in. The motion is passed 317 to 256 - majority of 61. So Corbyn's desired outcome is not achieved.
Sajid Javid has opened a debate on anti-semitism in the Commons
Mr Javid said it was not surprising in political parties "that sometimes you get a few bigots and oddballs slipping through the net".
However, it was not about isolated cases "but whether there is a culture that attracts them, which is allowed to fester", he added.
"Unfortunately, when it comes to the Leader of the Opposition, there are simply too many of these apparently accidental associations to list," said Mr Javid.
"As the Board of Deputies of British Jews put it in their letter to the Leader of the Opposition, and I quote, 'rightly or wrongly, those who push this offensive material regard Jeremy Corbyn as their figurehead'.
"So it really is a question of leadership."
The Labour MP Ian Austin also used the debate to berate his own frontbench for its failure to "boot out" Ken Livingstone from the Labour Party.
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