More evidence about a suspected chemical attack would not have made a difference to MPs' decision to vote against military action in Syria, the chancellor has said.
George Osborne told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show MPs were "sceptical of another foreign entanglement".
Despite the defeat, he said the government had shown confidence to take its argument to Parliament.
It comes as US President Barack Obama said he would seek Congress's approval.
Mr Obama said on Saturday he had decided the US should take military action against the Syrian regime, but that he would formally ask Congress to authorise military action.
'Parliament has spoken'Prime Minister David Cameron had pushed for military action following the suspected chemical weapons attack on 21 August on the outskirts of Damascus.
The US says it killed 1,429 people and was carried out by the Syrian government.
It is a claim that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad denies.
On Thursday, MPs blocked a motion to support military action if backed by evidence from UN weapons inspectors who, having left Damascus, arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday.
Their evidence, which includes samples from site visits will be tested in laboratories in Europe.
Mr Osborne said that waiting for more evidence would not have made a difference to the MPs' decision.
"They were sceptical of another foreign entanglement," he said.
"I understand their argument, I don't agree with it, and I don't feel frankly more evidence or another week or more UN reports would have convinced them."
Mr Osborne also indicated that the prime minister would not make a renewed attempt to persuade MPs to support military action even if there were fresh chemical weapons attacks or if new evidence emerged.
"Of course I wanted us to be part of a potential military response. Now that is just not going to be open to us now because the House of Commons has spoken," he said.
Mr Osborne denied that he and the prime minister had made a miscalculation by taking the vote to Parliament.
"Trying to get the consent of both your parliament and the public for a very difficult decision - in this case to deter the use of chemical weapons - but taken in the shadow of Iraq and a public war weariness, I think shows a confidence that you are prepared to make your argument."
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