Clause 2 - Request for arrest and surrender
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie, Labour)
It seems to me that this is a wrecking amendment because there could not be an international treaty that gave Britain rights of jurisdiction that were not given to other countries. If one is willing to allow Britain to act in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests, one has to allow the same rights to the Government of Rwanda, to Milosevic, to Saddam Hussein and so on. Could the hon. Gentleman confirm that the amendment is not a probing one, but one that he wishes to press, which would utterly undermine any ICC?