and del singh was one of labour's european campaigners. he was in international development worker who dedicated his life to helping people across the world and we all grieve with his family. mr. speaker, recent reports of the murder of thousands of innocent civilians by the regime in syria are a reminder of the horror unfolding there. we all hope the significant progress in today's talks. last month the prime minister, deputy prime minister and i made a joint statement about the plight of syrian refugees which welcomed the government leadership to come to the aid program. the u.n. high commission for refugees has also called on britain to be part of a program to help resettle a small number of the most vulnerable syrian refugees. 18 countries are part of that program. britain is not so far among them. doesn't the prime minister agree that we should be? >> first organic completely agree with the right gentlemen just how dreadful the news is that is come out of syria in recent days about allegations of torture and worse in that country. i t