"The general principle is that all British passport

holders remain welcome to travel to the US," UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told the Commons.

He added: "We have received assurances from the US embassy that this executive order will make no difference to any British passport holder, irrespective of their country of birth or whether they hold another passport".

"This is not our policy, nor is it a measure that this government would consider. I have already made clear our anxiety about measures that discriminate on grounds of nationality in ways that are divisive and wrong," he said.

There were some fears that British citizens holding dual nationality of any of the seven countries on Trump's list may be denied entry to the US.

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