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MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims.
MPs are to debate calls for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from Britain after his controversial comments about Muslims.
The Commons Petitions Committee has scheduled a session in Westminster Hall on January 18 after 570,000 people signed a petition demanding the billionaire businessman be barred.
Politicians will also discuss a separate petition opposing such a ban, even though it only garnered around 40,000 signatures – well below the 100,000 threshold for triggering a debate.
Republican Mr Trump faced an international backlash last month after urging a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.
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https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/world/796676/mps-debate-calls-ban-donald-trump-britain/?
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