--- description: Ministers will consider whether to stop the GOP presidential nominee from entering the country on Jan. 18 title: Donald Trump Ban to Be Debated By UK Parliament image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd439e6c2c2434c9/6988779aab6d7774426a7d2d/gettyimages-499564824.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [uk](/tag/uk/) ## uk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.K. Parliament Will Debate Banning Donald Trump From the Country ## Video: Trump's First TV Campaign Ad [Watch (HLS stream): Trump's First TV Campaign Ad](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mzsOVgPR.m3u8) (0:31)  _Published 2016-01-04. Trump's First TV Campaign Ad_ by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 7:10 PM CUT  A general view of The Houses of Parliament on December 2, 2015 in London, England. A general view of The Houses of Parliament on December 2, 2015 in London, England.Ben Pruchnie—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 7:10 PM CUT The United Kingdom Parliament will debate banning GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump from the country later this month. Ministers will consider whether or not to prohibit Trump from entering the country Jan. 18 after a [petition](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114003 "undefined") to Parliament calling for a ban gained more than half a million signatures. “The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech,” the petition reads. “If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the ‘unacceptable behaviour’ criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.” Suzanne Kelly, [the freelance journalist who began the petition](http://time.com/4144268/ban-donald-trump-u-k/ "undefined"), welcomed the news. “However the debate goes, this exercise has brought many people together to speak out against hate speech and prejudice,” she said in a statement. “That is my reward, and one I’m very happy and moved by.” [**Read more:** Why I Am Campaigning to Ban Donald Trump From the U.K.](http://time.com/4144268/ban-donald-trump-u-k/ "undefined") Trump has courted controversy by calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States and promising to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants out of the country. The proposals have been derided by critics in the U.K., including Prime Minister David Cameron. The British government noted in a response to the petition that it may exclude a non-European person from the country if their presence is considered “non-conducive to the public good.” Other prominent Americans to have been banned from the U.K. include anti-Islam campaigner [Pamela Geller](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23064355 "undefined") and conservative radio host [Michael Savage](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103819122 "undefined"). However, Cameron [has said](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/16/politics/uk-cameron-trump-unite/ "undefined") in the past he doesn’t believe Trump should be banned from the country. \[[_BuzzFeed_](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/parliament-will-debate-banning-donald-trump-from-the-uk#.njQDp1Ow27 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/"},"headline":"U.K. Parliament Will Debate Banning Donald Trump From the Country","datePublished":"2016-01-05T19:10:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:47:49.702Z","description":"Ministers will consider whether to stop the GOP presidential nominee from entering the country on Jan. 18","url":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/","keywords":["uk","Britain","GOP","Parliament","Donald Trump","2016 Campaign"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd439e6c2c2434c9/6988779aab6d7774426a7d2d/gettyimages-499564824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd439e6c2c2434c9/6988779aab6d7774426a7d2d/gettyimages-499564824.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The House Of Commons To Hold A Vote On Syrian Airstrikes","caption":"The House Of Commons To Hold A Vote On Syrian Airstrikes","creditText":"Ben Pruchnie—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/uk/","name":"uk"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/","name":"U.K. Parliament Will Debate Banning Donald Trump From the Country"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump's First TV Campaign Ad","description":"Trump's First TV Campaign Ad","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mzsOVgPR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-04T12:17:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mzsOVgPR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/","duration":"PT31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4168006/donald-trump-parliament-ban-britain/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```