UK-US Extradition Treaty

Part of Points of Order – in the House of Commons at 1:32 pm on 12 July 2006.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Shadow Attorney General 1:32, 12 July 2006

The Solicitor-General makes a good point. The answer to his question is that I do not know, but I would hazard a guess. At that time, we were still operating on the basis of having to show a prima facie case. The removal of that essential safeguard makes it all the more important to read the 1957 convention to establish whether there are other safeguards that ought to be included. All I can say to the Solicitor-General is that, in my view, the forum safeguard ought to be incorporated in the existing legislation.