We have worked tirelessly and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development has spearheaded the efforts both internationally, here in London and elsewhere to call attention to the fact that unless the UN appeal is met, This Greatest Refugee Crisis of the 21st century and for many years before will leave a lasting scar, because it is not just at the end of the conflict that help will be needed.

The Prime Minister has rightly described the situation in Syria as the Greatest Refugee Crisis of our time.

As many people have said, this is the Greatest Refugee Crisis of our time and we have a moral responsibility to act.

Today we face the Greatest Refugee Crisis since the second world war, with 55 million people in need of our help.

Leadership is key at this time of the Greatest Refugee Crisis since the war, and so, too, is the tone that that leadership sets.

Like others, I was pleased to co-sponsor her early-day motion, the text of which powerfully explains the case for expanding safe, legal routes and makes a series of points about what we all agree is the Greatest Refugee Crisis since the end of the second world war.