lord strathclyde recommended the their power to secondary legislation.the future, peers will be able to send these back to the commons for reconsideration once. it was a week of turmoil, with jeremy corbyn resolutely opposed to military action, but several members of his cabinet in favor. they were forced into a free vote. although the issue was only about extending airstrikes to include syria and iraq, the marathon session turned into the ultimate decision for mp's -- to go to war or not. >> the question is, do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat and go after the terrorists in their heartlands, or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us? >> the issue now is whether extending british bombing from iraq to syria is likely to reduce or increase that threat to britain and whether it will counter or spread the terror campaign isil is waging across the middle east. the answers do not make the case for the government motion. on the contrary. they are warning to step back. >> i am not going to be a party to killing innocent civilians