Cameron: Bombing ISIL will make Britain safer

But Mr Chalmers also said there was still a “shadow” from Britain’s participation in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation bombing campaign in Libya in 2011 which helped topple dictator Moamar Gaddafi but was followed by bitter civil war.

Mr Cameron said he was seeking to answer all the many questions put forward by members on both sides of the House with concerns over taking such a step, which he hopes to put to a Commons vote.

Cameron also claimed that ISIS has an external operations group dedicated to carrying out attacks on foreign soil such as the one in Paris on the night of November 13.

“We are trying to make life hard for Isil/ Daesh in Syria and I think there’s a very strong case for us playing our full part in doing that, given that we are now flying missions, providing intelligence and refuelling to others who are participating. So in my view we should do more to help them from the air”.

Britain, he said, would be prepared to contribute another £1bn towards reconstructing Syria. It will need troops on the ground, but whose troops? They were behind the murder of people on the beach in Tunisia.

Mr Walker’s view is a huge boost to the premier, who will not hold a Commons vote until he is sure of victory after he lost a motion in 2013.

David Cameron called on lawmakers to back his calls for British air strikes in Syria, saying Islamic State poses an “urgent” threat that will intensify the longer the organization is allowed to grow.

Corbyn, a veteran anti-war campaigner, wrote to his lawmakers late on Thursday to say Cameron had not made a convincing case and he could not support action – a viewpoint not shared by several of his shadow cabinet.

Jeremy Corbyn sent a letter to Labour MPs setting out why he can not support military action in Syria. “And I’ve examined my conscience and that’s what it is telling me”, he added.

Here are the questions that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asked in response.

“We know they want reassurance that we are getting this right… first of all we are a target from this terrorist organisation ISIL (Islamic State)”, he told BBC radio, referring to the attacks on tourists in Tunisia in June.

The shadow cabinet is meeting to discuss the issue this afternoon.

A key Parliamentary ally of John McDonnell has been lobbying Labour MPs and demanding that they oppose David Cameron’s bid to bomb Syria.

He said that British security forces had foiled seven attacks in the a year ago planned or inspired by ISIL and that airstrikes would not consequently increase the threat to the country from extremists.

“But this misunderstands the causes of the problem; and would make matters worse”, he said in a written response to the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee report on the extension of British military operations to Syria.

We reported earlier this week how other Worcestershire MPs including Nigel Huddleston, Harriett Baldwin and Mark Garnier are supportive of action.