Labour MPs said it would be “completely inappropriate” for Trump to be granted a speech in Parliament, with some backbenchers also calling for the Government to reverse the “stupid” decision to give the US President a second state visit.
Last week, Trump suggested that the King, who will formally host the state visit, is looking at “setting a date for September”.
For a foreign leader to be invited to speak in Westminster Hall, the Commons Speaker, the Lord Speaker and the Lord Great Chamberlain must all agree after a request is made by the Government.
Donald Trump meets Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 27, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)Last week, The Times reported that the Labour MP Kate Osborne had written a letter to the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, saying that such an invitation would be “inappropriate”.
Maskell said: “It would be completely inappropriate for the US President to address the Houses of Parliament.”
The MP, who asked not to be named, said that Starmer should go further by rescinding the state visit invitation, which they said was a mistake.
“However, it was done. But since the invite his actions domestically in the US, in the Middle East and in Ukraine mean he should have his invite revoked. Millions of Americans came out on the streets to defend their democracy from his administration this week. What signal does this invite send to them? They want solidarity from their Atlantic cousins. Not complicity.”The MP added: “I’m afraid this invite is yet another example of an increasingly desperate government prepared to sacrifice what little credibility it has left on the mythical alter of GDP growth. It won’t work and the sooner they understand this the sooner we can start to reverse our dire polling.”
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Read MoreShe said: “Should a request be made to address the Houses of Parliament, it will be considered in the usual way. No request has been received, but any decision would be made by both Speakers.”
In the Lords, the former Labour minister Lourd Foulkes has coordinated the letter to the Lords Speaker, Lord McFall, opposing a Trump speech.
He told Times Radio: “[Trump’s speeches] are nonsense and for us to be gathered together to listen to someone coming over and talking nonsense to us would really be quite an insult.
“We need to make it absolutely clear that an invitation to address the two houses of Westminster is an important invitation and one that we think about very carefully. And I suspect that if he was to be invited there would be a huge boycott by most MPs and members of the House of Lords.”
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