Clause 62 - Cases that may be retried
Criminal Justice Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Hilary Benn (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Leeds Central, Labour)
The situation that I have described reflects the nature of our relationship with the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament, and the particular respect that we accord to their views on such matters. To answer the related point, I was saying a moment ago that if other jurisdictions have a law that says that they are not agreeable to double jeopardy, that would prevent extradition to the UK. That is a protection for those other jurisdictions in such circumstances.