--- description: U.K. House of Commons speaker John Bercow said on Monday that he would oppose President Donald Trump addressing Parliament title: Read John Bercow's Remarks on Why Trump Shouldn't Address British Parliament image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9d44804914e1880/6988b8f286f68e147e6e368a/john-bercow-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read John Bercow's Remarks on Why President Trump Shouldn't Address British Parliament by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 6, 2017 7:29 PM CUT  John Bercow attends the Noval Djokovic v Gilles Simon match on centre court during day five of the Wimbledon Championships at Wimbledon on June 27, 2014 in London, England. John Bercow attends the Noval Djokovic v Gilles Simon match on centre court during day five of the Wimbledon Championships at Wimbledon on June 27, 2014 in London, England.Karwai Tang—WireImage by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 6, 2017 7:29 PM CUT British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said on Monday that he would [oppose President Donald Trump addressing Parliament](http://time.com/4661181/donald-trump-uk-parliament-speaker/ "undefined") during his state visit. Bercow said he would not have supported Trump speaking in Westminster Hall before the president’s [executive order on immigration](http://time.com/4660929/trump-immigration-order-ban-court/ "undefined") was put into place. And following the imposition of the [order](http://time.com/4660929/trump-immigration-order-ban-court/ "undefined"), Bercow said he was “even more strongly opposed” to Trump speaking. “I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons,” he said. Read his full remarks below, as reported by [_The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/feb/06/may-to-meet-netanyahu-ahead-of-brexit-debate-in-commons-live-updates?page=with:block-5898acd1e4b0c017d3f15cdc#block-5898acd1e4b0c017d3f15cdc "undefined"). --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4661524/donald-trump-united-kingdom-parliament-john-bercow-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4661524/donald-trump-united-kingdom-parliament-john-bercow-speech/"},"headline":"Read John Bercow's Remarks on Why President Trump Shouldn't Address British Parliament","datePublished":"2017-02-06T19:29:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:09:57.729Z","description":"U.K. House of Commons speaker John Bercow said he would oppose President Trump addressing Parliament","url":"https://time.com/4661524/donald-trump-united-kingdom-parliament-john-bercow-speech/","keywords":["United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9d44804914e1880/6988b8f286f68e147e6e368a/john-bercow-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9d44804914e1880/6988b8f286f68e147e6e368a/john-bercow-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Attend The Wimbledon Championships","caption":"Celebrities Attend The Wimbledon Championships","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage","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":"https://time.com/4661524/donald-trump-united-kingdom-parliament-john-bercow-speech/","name":"Read John Bercow's Remarks on Why President Trump Shouldn't Address British Parliament"}}]}] ```