Last week Prayer Alert readers read about a motion in the House of Commons that would declare IS atrocities to be genocide, so that appropriate action can be taken to address what is happening. On Wednesday this week the House of Commons passed the motion and recognised that genocide has been committed. However the Government refused to support the motion and ordered all Tory MPs who are on the payroll to abstain. This meant 40% of Conservative MPs were barred from voting. David Burrowes, trustee of the Conservative Christian Fellowship said after the debate, ‘Just because there is a prospect of a veto, it does not mean you do nothing. Just because it may be challenged, it can't mean you do nothing. Once the threshold of genocide has been reached, as it clearly has, we have an obligation to send a very clear unanimous voice from the House of Commons to the government to take action. This issue will not go away.’