Fermanagh South Tyrone MP Tom Elliott met with UK Prime Minister David Cameron today (Wednesday) to discuss a potential vote on air strikes against ISIS in Syria.

The Prime Minister is set to make a statement to the House of Commons tomorrow (Thursday). This is expected be followed by a Commons vote on Monday on extending air strikes in Syria, where the PM hopes to secure the “biggest possible majority across [the] house”.

The briefing with the PM came a week after Mr. Elliott told The Impartial Reporter that he would vote for “targeted action” against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in Syria "if intelligence shows specific targets".

During today's briefing at Westminster between Mr. Elliott, his fellow UUP MP Danny Kinahan, the Prime Minister and a senior security adviser, Mr. Cameron made no commitment on whether he will call a vote next week.

Mr. Elliott has told the Prime Minister that he will "wait and see" what Mr. Cameron says in Parliament tomorrw (Thursday) on the issue.

Meanwhile, sixty per cent of Impartial Reporter readers who took part in an online poll have agreed with Mr. Elliott's stance on British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.

A poll on our website asked whether readers agreed or disagreed with Mr. Elliott.

Impartial Reporter:

Over 100 readers responded, as follows:

60 per cent (75) = Yes

34 per cent (42) = No

6 per cent (seven) = Don't Know

Mr. Elliott was made aware of the Impartial Reporter poll. When asked for his message to his constituents ahead of a potential vote on Monday, he replied: “It is not an easy decision for everyone when they consider the prospect of taking a level of military action against ISIS in Syria.

“The world is a very dangerous place - ISIS is a very dangerous organisation. They murder innocent people on a daily basis within the regions where they operate freely. They have spread death and destruction in places like Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Egypt. I could list many more.

“In recent times ISIS have murdered over 1,000 people outside their ‘own territories’, the most published being the murder of 129 in Paris just over two weeks ago. But these are not the only attacks carried out by these terrorists. There have been public beheadings of individuals, the mass murder of hostages, shootings and suicide bombings. These are just some of the incidents that demonstrate the terror delivered by this organisation.

“It is vital that any decision taken by the United Kingdom Parliament, whatever that decision will be, is for the right reasons and best intentions, not for individual party politics. We must put public protection to the fore of any decision that we take.

“We need to be careful that we are not sending our services into Syria without an achievable strategy. However it is certainly reasonable to consider, in conjunction with our allies, specific and targeted air strikes against ISIS and where necessary, special forces to carry out specific actions.”

Mr. Elliot concluded that how he will vote “depends on the proposals that the PM puts forward.”