Clause 7 - Identity of person arrested
Extradition Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
The simple answer is the judge. As clearly laid out in subsection (2),
''The judge must decide whether the person brought before him is the person in respect of whom''
the warrant was issued. That is pretty clear. The judge would have to arbitrate in any dispute over identity between the two interested parties. I do not see how
the amendment provides the judge with any assistance in taking the decision.