mr. mark pritchard? >> notwithstanding the earlier comments on the international criminal court, if there is a subsequent u.n. resolution on referring president assad and his regime to the u.n. and to the icc, does he agree that the timing of that is very important? many dictators we know if they have nothing to lose, nowhere to run, they're likely to dig in and the atrocities are more than perhaps they would have been and the timing is absolutely critical. >> yes, that is certainly my honorable friend makes a very valid point. it is not possible at the moment to refer this to the prosecutor of the icc. but i do think that the longer this goes on and the greater the atrocities that are committed, the more determined the world will be to find a way to bring to account and bring to justice those responsible. and that should weigh heavily on those would are now participating in the atrocities of this regime. >> will the secretary of state be able to update the house on the safety of british citizens in syri