Clause 2 - Request for arrest and surrender
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr Des Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
I am trying to follow the hon. Gentleman's argument. I have to inform him that we will have jurisdiction in such a case. There will be no necessity for a member of the Executive to appeal for jurisdiction because it will exist and persist in the United Kingdom, whether or not a person is prosecuted here. Jurisdiction is not dependent on whether there is a prosecution; it persists outwith that.