JEREMY Corbyn’s call for Prime Ministers to require Parliament’s permission for any future war was defeated.

Lifelong pacifist Mr Corbyn wants to enforce a War Powers Act after the PM ordered Saturday’s bombing without recalling the Commons.

3 Jeremy Corbyn accused Theresa May of a 'flagrant disregard' for democracy over missile strikes in Syria Credit: PA:Press Association

But more than 50 Labour MPs defied him to abstain instead, giving the Government a comfortable majority of 61, by 317 versus 256.

Mrs May warned that detailing any plans for action before it was taken “would seriously compromise our national security, our national interests, and the lives of British citizens at home and abroad”.

Even disclosing the type of targets that top brass were looking at in advance would have promoted the Syrian regime to move its air defence missiles and imperil RAF jets.

Mrs May explained: “Uncertainty was a critical element of our attack. If I’d have come to this house, I would not have been able to conceal that.

3 Theresa May said revealing strike plans would have compromised the security of British pilots Credit: Getty - Pool

“All of this would have put our armed forces at greater risk”.

She told the Commons: “For as long as I’m Prime Minister, that will never be allowed to happen”.

During a second day of emotionally charged debate, Mr Corbyn accused Mrs May of “a flagrant disregard” for democracy by ignoring a convention to come to the Commons first.

He attacked her, saying: “The Prime Minister of Britain is accountable to Parliament, not to the whims of the US President or any other government”.

3 The UK joined the US and France to undertake strikes on Syrian chemical weapons sites Credit: Handout - Getty

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The PM insisted that major new campaigns, such as the Iraq war, would need Parliament’s authorisation.

But emergency action to save lives, such as Saturday’s strikes to halt new chemical weapons attacks in Syria, must be exempted from the general rule.

Tory MPs blasted Mr Corbyn’s bid, with former minister Tim Loughton saying: “Children who have been gassed in Syria are not interested in process.

“They are interested in action.”

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