Any petition that gets more than 100,000 signatures is considered by Parliament’s Petitions Committee, which weighs whether to send the petition for debate by lawmakers in Parliament.
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On Monday, the UK Parliament debated a petition calling for Mr. Trump to be banned from entering the country.
The proposal made its way to parliament after more than 500,000 United Kingdom residents signed an online petition calling for Trump to be barred from the country for his “hate speech” calling for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Prime Minister David Cameron and UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn both attacked Mr Trump’s comments, but said they opposed a ban.
But opposition Labour lawmaker Paul Flynn, who will lead the debate, said that while Trump’s comments had been worse than those of many people who have previously been banned by Britain, barring Trump him would only give him more publicity.
Paul Flynn, the Labour MP leading the debate opened the floor by warning MPs against giving Trump the “halo of martyrdom” by paying him “too much attention”.
One Member of Parliament, Tulip Siddiq, who is Muslim, today spoke in support of banning Trump. He told the BBC “my wife is Mexican and my constituency is very, very multicultural, so what I was going to do was go down to the mosque with him and let him talk to people up there”.
Mr Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of USA borders to Muslims in the days after the San Bernardino shooting.
MPs debated the petition after the tycoon caused outrage by threatening to ban all Muslims entering the U.S. in his bid to become the country’s next president.
Sutton’s MP has called on Britain to “roast” Donald Trump like a joint of beef.
Using an acronym for the Islamic State, Dromey suggested that the terrorist group and Trump were co-dependent: “ISIS needs Donald Trump and Donald Trump needs ISIS”. The Republican candidate also claimed there are parts of London that are “so radicalised” that police officers are “afraid for their own lives”.
Trump was called a “demagogue”, a “ridiculous individual”, a “ridiculous xenophobe”, a “dangerous fool”, “bonkers”, “crazy”, and a “wazzock” – whatever that is – among other appellations, by various members who rose to speak. You know, I would welcome him, and I would have a conversation with him and challenge him on his views. He added, although “Donald Trump has no valid points to make, I will not be the one to silence his voice”.
Philip Davies, a Conservative, said he doesn’t share Trump’s views, but admires the Republican candidate’s direct approach.
Trump has threatened to pull £700m of investment in Scottish golf courses if he were to be slapped with a ban, but it appears highly unlikely the Home Office will take such a measure.
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“He went on: “[there have been a number of] exclusions for incitement, or for hatred, but I’ve never heard of one for stupidity, and I’m not sure we should be starting now”.
