I attended most of the debate in Westminster Hall yesterday which was held because of the petition Parliament has received signed by over a half a million people calling for the American politician Donald Trump to be banned from the United Kingdom. By instinct I am reluctant to ban things. In the main I take the view that individuals should be free to make their own minds up about what to eat, what to drink, what activities to undertake and so on. Equally, when it comes to the security of the United Kingdom  it is clearly right that the Home Secretary should be able to prevent people coming in who she reasonably believes may cause us harm. I do not think Donald Trump falls into this category although I have no doubt he has offended some people including some MP’s by the things he has said. My view is that we have freedom for speech in this Country and that means people have the right to say things which may offend some people.