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Mark D'Arcy has the best of Thursday's special Parliamentary debate on the latest developments in Syria and the possibility of Western military action against the Assad regime.

Parliament is recalled from its summer recess to discuss the worsening conflict in Syria and how the West should respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons on his own people by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mark D'Arcy reports on the Commons speeches of Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
* Rachel Byrne has the best of backbenchers' speeches on Syria.
* Susan Hulme covers the parallel debate in the Lords.

28 minutes

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Fri 30 Aug 2013 08:31

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