UK Parliament to Debate Public Call to Ban Trump From Country on January 18

The UK parliament will debate banning US Presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the United Kingdom over his anti-Muslim comments, as proposed in an online public petition, on January 18, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The House of Commons petitions committee decided to hold a debate on the issue after a meeting on the issue, held Tuesday, the BBC news outlet reported.

About 568,000 people have signed the petition after Trump proposed a temporary halt on Muslims entering the United States. After reaching 100,000 signatures, any petition can be discussed in the country’s parliament.

Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said that he completely disagrees with Trump’s remarks, but added that the US presidential hopeful should be allowed to visit Britain.