Clause 1 - Extradition to category 1 territories
Extradition Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
I shall in a moment, but I want to make one further point, which is the final point from my hon. Friend's speech on Second Reading.
My hon. Friend also had a grave concern about the former Soviet or Warsaw pact states that may accede to the EU, which have no tradition of liberty of the subject. Many judges previously operated in the communist state, which had no tradition of the freedom of the individual. My hon. Friend noted that if the Bill is passed unamended, once again there will be no parliamentary scrutiny and those countries will have the same rights as current EU countries to issue arrest warrants without any British court being able to protect the liberty of the subject.