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Next to speak is Conservative and Iraqi-born MP Nadhim Zahawi who tells MPs that his sons are currently studying at university in America.

He says that he and his wife "despaired" that had one of their sons fallen ill they would not be able to go to him "when he needed us most".

He says the every country has the right to make their own immigration policy but worries that President's Trump executive order plays into the hand of those who want to see more terrorist attacks.

He notes that members of so-called Islamic State have started referring to the order as "the blessed ban" and have argued that it proves the US is "seeking to destroy Islam".

Theresa May says she wants to keep "frictionless" cross-border trade between the UK and Ireland after Brexit. On a visit to Dublin, her counterpart Enda Kenny says this is also a priority for him.

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Thousands of people have joined protests in London and in cities around the UK against a controversial travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries imposed by US President Donald Trump.  

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Conservative David Morris asks what the difference is between what President Obama's administration put in place and what President Trump is now doing. 

There is a huge difference, replies Mr Miliband.

He says that President Trump has imposed a blanket ban on people from seven countries; whereas President Obama introduced measures on a "specific issue about a visa waiver scheme". 

The invitation to Donald Trump to make a state visit to the UK "stands", says Prime Minister Theresa May. On a visit to Dublin, she tells the press that the UK and US maintain a "special relationship".

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Conservative Robert Jenrick intervenes to make the point that his Israeli-born wife can't travel to 17 countries in the Middle East.

If he cares so passionately what will he do about that? Mr Jenrick asks.

Ed Miliband replies that "two wrongs don't make a right".

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Ed Miliband attacks the US government for the way it has gone about implementing the policy.

Cavalier is not strong enough, he argues, likening the US government's actions to "those of a tin-pot dictator".

He notes that the "draconian" measure was imposed without consulting the people involved in implementing it. 

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Ed Miliband begins the debate by posing three questions:

• Is it right for President Trump to impose travel restrictions on people from certain countries and refugees?
• Will the president's actions make the world a safer place or a more dangerous place?
• What is our responsibility?

Mr Miliband argues that the rationale behind President Trump's measures "falls apart" at the first hurdle.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband is now addressing MPs calling for an emergency debate on the US travel ban, citing the severity of the issues involved and the number of questions that remain unanswered. 

He says it is important that Parliament "speaks with one voice" on the issue. 

Speaker John Bercow asks for MPs of all parties to make their feelings known. 

A large number of Labour MPs stand up and express their support and Mr Bercow grants the debate - saying it will begin immediately. 

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The SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh raises a point of order, asking whether Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames accompanied her earlier speech with "woof woof noises... which I find extremely disrespectful".

The Speaker invites Sir Nicholas to respond.

Sir Nicholas claims that, while the foreign secretary replied to Ms Ahmed-Sheikh, "I thought she snapped at him at the end, and I offered a friendly canine salute".

He apologises and insists he meant no offence.

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Conservative MP Flick Drummond, who was born in Yemen, asks if she will face problems getting into the US.

The foreign secretary says she should face no problem and to "call us" if she encounters any.

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Labour's Stephen Pound asks if Boris Johnson is familiar with Donald Trump's book the Art of the Deal.

Mr Pound says the book advances the idea of reaching a deal by starting out with a proposition that provokes outrage, before moving to a position that "initially seems outrageous but by comparison will seem reasonable".

The foreign secretary claims that Donald Trump's "bark is considerably worse than his bite".

Protests against US President Donald Trump's travel ban are being held in cities across the UK. People have gathered in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

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Tory MP Philip Davies says Donald Trump is "a democratically elected president of our closest ally and our single biggest trading partner" who is fulfilling his election promises.

A state visit is "absolutely in our national interest", he argues.

Boris Johnson tells the House that he believes "both Nicolae Ceausescu and Robert Mugabe have been entertained by Her Majesty".

Carwyn Jones says Brexit is happening, and the issue now is the terms on how we leave the EU.

Theresa May is closer on immigration to voters in Wales than Carwyn Jones, the Welsh secretary says after a Brexit meeting in Cardiff.

Boris Johnson has just been asked about reports that Theresa May was informed about Donald Trump's intention to ban refugees from travelling to the US while she was in Washington.

Channel 4's Gary Gibbon, external is reporting that the PM was tipped off by members of Trump's inner circle although it is not clear how much detail was shared with her or whether it included the names of the countries concerned. 

The foreign secretary says he cannot comment on confidential conversations between the PM and the president but once the UK had a "full understanding" of what it involved, the UK made its views known and sought remedial guarantees for British citizens and those of dual nationality.

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In response to a question from Labour's Stephen Pound about Donald Trump's negotiating tactics, Boris Johnson says his assessment of the US President's modus operandi so far is that "his bark is far worse than his bite". 

Tory MP Philip Davies notes that if the UK was to bar every foreign leader from a state visit on the grounds that they had done or said something the UK disagreed with, there would never be any visits in the future. 

Boris Johnson agrees, noting that both Nicolae Ceausescu and Robert Mugabe were granted state visits to the UK in the past.

Speaker John Bercow intervenes to say "what a relief that we didn't have to meet either of them".