SWINDON’S MPs believe a peaceful solution needs to be reached quickly over Palestine’s future.

Their comments follow a Westminster vote to decide whether the Government recognises it as an independent state.

Both Conservative MPs spoke before a vote which took place in the House of Commons last night.

Labour’s Grahame Morris, MP for Easington, in County Durham, submitted a motion calling for Britain to recognise Palestine alongside Israel, as two seperate states.

Britain doesn’t classify Palestine as a state, and last night’s vote would not make the recognition official, but has previously acknowledged that it could do so at any time if it believed it would help peace efforts between the Palestinians and Israel.

Robert Buckland, MP for South Swindon, said: “I have always supported recognition of Palestinian statehood, and believe that a return to the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as a shared capital between Israel and Palestine is the right option.

“There is no shortcut to this, so what is needed now is that the Palestinian authority regains control of Gaza and that the £3.4bn that will be invested into Gaza by the international community, including the UK, is used to help create a viable state structure.”

Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, said: “My primary concern is that both sides sit down and work towards peace and that has international backing.

“We have seen horrific acts over the summer and innocent people are time and time again are caught up in the conflict.”

Neither said whether they’d back the motion if the vote still went ahead.

Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday that he would abstain from the vote.

His spokesman said: “The Government's position is very clear and hasn't changed, so I think that is a very clear indication of the British Government's approach.

“The Government's approach is a long-standing one and is in support of a two-state solution and we will continue to work with a range of international partners - Israel, the Palestinian Authority - in support of that.”