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Parliament 'set to be recalled' over Islamic State action Parliament 'set to be recalled' over Islamic State action
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Parliament is expected to be recalled on Friday to discuss the UK's role in air strikes against Islamic State, the BBC understandsParliament is expected to be recalled on Friday to discuss the UK's role in air strikes against Islamic State, the BBC understands
There has been no official confirmation but an announcement could come later.There has been no official confirmation but an announcement could come later.
It is understood there has been a reluctance to make the announcement while Labour's conference is under way. There has been a reluctance to make the announcement while Labour's conference is under way, it is understood.
It is also understood that there will be a formal request from the Iraqi Prime Minister later on Wednesday for the UK to join in air strikes. It is expected that there will be a formal request from the Iraqi prime minister later on Wednesday for the UK to join in air strikes.
David Cameron told NBC News in the US that the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants was one "you cannot opt out of". Visiting the US, David Cameron told NBC News the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants was one "you cannot opt out of".
IS, also known as Isil and Isis, has taken control of large areas of Iraq and Syria in recent months. IS has taken control of large areas of Iraq and Syria in recent months.
"It has oil, it has money, it has territory, it has weapons and there's no doubt in my mind it has already undertaken and is planning further plots in Europe and elsewhere," Mr Cameron said."It has oil, it has money, it has territory, it has weapons and there's no doubt in my mind it has already undertaken and is planning further plots in Europe and elsewhere," Mr Cameron said.
The US and five countries from the Gulf and Middle East have begun bombing IS in Syria.The US and five countries from the Gulf and Middle East have begun bombing IS in Syria.
IS 'can't be ignored' How recalls happen - by Shelley Phelps, BBC political research unit
If government ministers want Parliament to meet when it is in recess they must ask the Common's Speaker, the highest authority of the House of Commons, to make a decision on whether or not to recall Parliament.
If the speaker agrees that the request is in the public interest, he will then decide what time and day the Commons should meet and send out a notice to MPs. This can be issued as late as the day before the recall.
MPs do not have the power to ask the speaker for Parliament to be recalled.
The Commons was last recalled on 29 August 2013 to debate a motion on Syria. This was the 27th recall during a recess since 1948.
Labour leader Ed Miliband told BBC Breakfast he was "open to the possibility" of supporting air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.Labour leader Ed Miliband told BBC Breakfast he was "open to the possibility" of supporting air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.
"How will I judge any proposal? Whether Britain can have an effect, whether we can succeed and whether it is legitimate and lawful. But I am open to the possibility," he said. "How will I judge any proposal? Whether Britain can have an effect, whether we can succeed and whether it is legitimate and lawful," he said.
"Before I commit British combat troops I want to look at what the proposition is and the nature of that proposition.""Before I commit British combat troops I want to look at what the proposition is and the nature of that proposition."
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the threat from IS "can't be ignored". He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the threat from IS "can't be ignored".
"ISIL is a threat not just to the stability of the region, and not just a humanitarian threat, but potentially a threat to the UK in the sense it can harbour terrorism," he said. Is was "a threat not just to the stability of the region, and not just a humanitarian threat, but potentially a threat to the UK in the sense it can harbour terrorism", he said.
However, air strikes against IS in Syria would be likely to need a UN security council resolution to gain Labour support, Mr Miliband added. However, air strikes against IS in Syria would be likely to need a UN Security Council resolution to gain Labour support, Mr Miliband added.
Mr Cameron faced a Commons defeat last summer over air strikes in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons. His Labour colleague, shadow justice minister Sadiq Khan, said: "There's no point forming a view before we've heard the facts. We'll listen to what the prime minister says, making sure that it's legal, and form a view."
BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson says that because of Labour concerns, Parliament will be asked to approve UK involvement in military action in Iraq, but not in Syria. Home Secretary Theresa May said the government would look at "all the options" for dealing with the "brutality and barbarism" of IS.
The UK is already providing arms and surveillance support to Kurdish forces which are battling IS. She added that an action would "have an appropriate legal basis".
Mrs May said: "As home secretary I'm looking particularly at the powers that we need - whether there are any further powers that we need for dealing with people who are radicalised, for dealing with people who pose a direct terrorist threat to us here in the United Kingdom."
Mr Cameron lost a Commons vote in August last year over proposed air strikes in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons.
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said that, because of Labour concerns, Parliament would be asked to approve UK involvement in military action in Iraq, but not in Syria.
The UK is already providing arms and surveillance support to Kurdish forces who are battling IS.