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Labour on legality of airstrikes

Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti on why MPs should have say on Syria airstrike

Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti on why parliamentarians should have been able to have their say before the government took part in the Syria airstrike at the weekend.

She told Martha Kearney: "You can鈥檛 use force just to punish Syria for bad behaviour."

Political editor Laura Kuenssberg provides analysis on the debate in Westminster as MPs return for the first day of the new term.

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