British parliament to debate Trump visit

Members of the UK parliament will debate whether US President Donald Trump deserves a state visit after a public petition obtained over 1.6 million signatures.

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Members of the UK parliament will debate whether US President Donald Trump deserves a state visit. (AAP)

British lawmakers will hold a debate on February 20 on a petition signed by more than 1.6 million people calling for a planned state visit by US President Donald Trump to be cancelled to avoid embarrassing Queen Elizabeth.

The debate was called by the Petitions Committee of the lower house of parliament.

On the same day, lawmakers will also debate a second petition calling for the state visit to go ahead, which has been signed by more than 100,000 people.

The British government responds to all petitions that gain more than 10,000 signatures and topics are considered for parliamentary debate if they reach 100,000.


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Published 1 February 2017 7:38am
Source: AAP


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