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MPs have called for a Parliament entrance to be renamed after the hero policeman killed there in last year's terror attack.

Labour's Matt Western has raised an Early Day Motion signed by 113 MPs for Carriage Gates to be renamed Palmer Gates.

He said the move would mark PC Keith Palmer 's "gallantry and sacrifice".

Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said events would be held for the one-year anniversary on March 22 and he should write to her or the Speaker about renaming the gates.

Khalid Masood , 52, drove a car into people on Westminster Bridge before entering Parliament's forecourt via Carriage Gates. He stabbed PC Palmer, 48, before being shot dead.

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Mr Western, speaking in the Commons at Business questions, said: "Three weeks today will see the sad anniversary of the tragic attack on Westminster, where five people were killed on Westminster Bridge and then of course the death of Pc Keith Palmer.

"Would the Leader please give the House today some idea of what plans there are to mark that occasion?

"And would she indeed, I would be grateful if she could, support my Early Day Motion 938, which is calling on the renaming of Carriage Gates in New Palace Yard the Palmer Gates."

The EDM tabled by the Warwick and Leamington MP was signed by 113 MPs from nearly all the parties at Westminster.

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It says Carriage Gates should be renamed "to commemorate the life and professional service of Pc Keith Palmer and to mark his gallantry and ultimate sacrifice in putting his life before those he courageously sought to defend".

The motion also suggests that the commemoration to rename the gates could take place on March 22 to mark one year since the attack.

Ms Leadsom said: "He is quite right to raise the upcoming anniversary of those awful events on March 22.

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"I can tell him that there will be commemorations in this place, and that House staff are looking into the detail of that at the moment and announcements will be made as soon as possible.

"As to his specific point about renaming Carriage Gates, he might like to write to me or possibly to you, Mr Speaker, to look into this further."