Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow | Sean Dempsey/EPA No-confidence motion filed against UK Speaker over Trump comments John Bercow ‘can no longer reasonably chair as Speaker any debate on those subjects,’ Tory MP says.

A motion of no-confidence has been filed against John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, over his statements about Donald Trump.

On Monday, Bercow said the U.S. president should not be allowed to address the British parliament during his state visit later this year.

He said MPs’ “opposition to racism and to sexism” and “support for equality and an independent judiciary” were “hugely important considerations." But many MPs were critical, saying he had not respected the role of the Speaker, who is supposed to be politically neutral.

Conservative MP James Duddridge said the Speaker had "overstepped the mark a number of times" and called his remarks "wholly inappropriate."

"(It) means he can no longer reasonably chair as Speaker any debate on those subjects," Duddridge said.

Prime Minister Theresa May, who visited Trump in Washington last month, said the Queen had invited the new U.S. president for a state visit. Trump accepted the invitation.

It prompted a petition saying that “a state visit would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen” that was signed by more than 1.8 million people. The British parliament will debate the issue on February 20.