Orders of the Day — Extradition Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:48 pm on 9 December 2002.

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Photo of Patrick Mercer Patrick Mercer Conservative, Newark 8:48, 9 December 2002

I am pleased to be called to speak, and am grateful for the opportunity to follow Harry Cohen, who made his points clearly, if lengthily.

I was rather disappointed by the comments of Gareth Thomas, who said that Conservative Members spoke purely and simply from a visceral dislike of anything European. That is a grave disservice to my right hon. Friend Mr. Letwin and my hon. Friend Mr. Maples, both of whose speeches were extremely cleverly formulated and, I like to think, were free of the tedious prejudice which, I admit, was often expressed by my party in the past.