MP stopped from boarding Air Canada flight as ‘his name was Mohammad’

Commons heard how Labour’s Mohammad Yasin was taken aside at Heathrow and Toronto despite travelling on official business

An MP was stopped from boarding a flight to Canada with other members of parliament “because his name was Mohammad”, the Commons heard on Monday.

Mohammad Yasin, Labour’s MP for Bedford, was due to fly to Canada with other MPs from the Commons levelling up, housing and communities committee when he was delayed for questioning “for a considerable period” at airports in both countries last week.