Urgent question on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by David Burrowes. The answering member was Alan Johnson.

Gary McKinnon (Extradition)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 501 c975-6
Session: 2009-10
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
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Proceeding contributions: Alan Johnson | 501 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) Gary McKinnon is accused of serious criminal offences. He is alleged to have repeatedly hacked into ...; David Burrowes | 501 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement...; Alan Johnson | 501 c983 (Link to this contribution) All that can come out at the trial. As for whether that case was serious or trivial, all I know is t...; Alan Johnson | 501 c986 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that argument. It is akin to the argument that if people left their windows open— ....; Andrew Miller | 501 c986 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the very difficult dilemma faced by my right hon. Friend, but is it not about time that ...; Alan Johnson | 501 c981 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right in her final comment. It is not unusual to have a late diagnosis. I did not ...; Alan Johnson | 501 c987 (Link to this contribution) I understand how deeply the hon. Lady feels about the issue, given her experience, but it is not my ...; Alan Johnson | 501 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the hon. Member's concern. He came to see me with the right hon. Member for Haltemprice...; Damian Green | 501 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) Throughout this wretched process, and again today, the Home Secretary has sought to minimise the amo...; Baroness Browning | 501 c981 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Home Secretary will accept that Gary McKinnon was born with Asperger's syndrome, and...; Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 501 c983 (Link to this contribution) Will the Home Secretary acquaint himself with the case of a young man in the London borough of Hilli...; Liz Blackman | 501 c981 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend mentioned a brief conversation that he had with the US authorities about how Ga...; Alan Johnson | 501 c976-8 (Link to this contribution) This is a difficult decision, and not one that can be made by the hon. Gentleman. I admire him for t...; Chris Huhne | 501 c979-80 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary is, in my view, a very brave man to hold out his judgment of the medical conditio...; Alan Johnson | 501 c981 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate what the hon. Lady says, and much of the medical evidence was about Gary McKinnon's fea...; Alan Johnson | 501 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman accepts the fact about the so-called discretion. My discretion—...; Iris Robinson | 501 c987 (Link to this contribution) The decision will grate on the people of Northern Ireland, who for years have witnessed political an...; David Burrowes | 501 c976-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not propose to ask the Home Secretary to use any general discretion that he says he does not ha...; Alan Johnson | 501 c984 (Link to this contribution) I hear this kind of argument all the time. Yes is absolutely my answer to that question. Just as we ...; Cheryl Gillan | 501 c982 (Link to this contribution) This year, the House passed a groundbreaking Act on autism, which was the first ever disability-spec...; Jeremy Corbyn | 501 c987-8 (Link to this contribution) As the Home Secretary is apparently looking again at all the medical evidence and the issues surroun...; Alan Johnson | 501 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) No, and for three reasons. Number one, no one has given an argument explaining why probable cause is...; Alan Johnson | 501 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) I think that they are reasonable actions. As for whether we would be in exactly in the same position...; Alan Johnson | 501 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) It is just not good enough for a Home Secretary to be told to find "some way", irrespective of what ...; Keith Vaz | 501 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) I have respect for the Home Secretary, but I believe that he has made the wrong decision for the wro...; Viscount Hailsham | 501 c985 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman really must understand that there is a fundamental difference between the s...; Alan Johnson | 501 c987 (Link to this contribution) I agree that a diagnosis of Asperger's does not mean that it is a breach of human rights to be extra...; Alan Johnson | 501 c988 (Link to this contribution) I do not see any contradiction whatever. I am making a decision based on whether Mr. McKinnon's arti...; Mark Lazarowicz | 501 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) Nobody reasonable in the House could dispute that the Home Secretary has a difficult decision to mak...; Alan Johnson | 501 c982 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett), who holds a position withi...; Alan Johnson | 501 c985 (Link to this contribution) I, too, have great respect for my hon. Friend, and certainly for his expertise in this area. I have ...; Alan Johnson | 501 c987-8 (Link to this contribution) At the risk of repeating myself, let me say that I will not look at all the medical evidence again. ...; Crispin Blunt | 501 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) Having listened carefully to the Home Secretary, I conclude that he thinks that the actions of the U...; Alan Johnson | 501 c988 (Link to this contribution) Because the High Court ruled, for the reasons I explained in my statement—[Interruption.] The High C...; Alan Johnson | 501 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is wrong to say that I am trying to take one bit from here and one bit from there. Th...; Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 501 c985 (Link to this contribution) I do not envy my right hon. Friend, who for the many years I have known him has always campaigned fo...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 501 c984 (Link to this contribution) As the Home Secretary knows, extradition is based on the principle of reciprocity. Let me ask him th...; Alan Johnson | 501 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend, in his Select Committee report, did not unearth a different view on whether I ...; Andrew Mackinlay | 501 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) I listened carefully to the closing sentences of the Secretary of State's statement, which I want to...; Baroness Hoey | 501 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary not appreciate that the vast majority of the public, listening to his fine w...; Alan Johnson | 501 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I read that piece. The courts—the district court, the High Court, the Law Lords, the European C...; Alistair Carmichael | 501 c988 (Link to this contribution) When I was employed as a public prosecutor, it was my duty to make decisions on whether or not to pr...; John Mason | 501 c988 (Link to this contribution) Tomorrow, we will debate the Equality Bill, which I support and whose aim is to protect people who a...; Rob Marris | 501 c987 (Link to this contribution) This is the sad case of a sad middle-aged man who is alleged to have deleted part of American securi...; David Davis | 501 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to be rude to the Home Secretary because he is in a very difficult position—one forec...; Alan Johnson | 501 c985 (Link to this contribution) I have been patronised by less wealthy people than the right hon. and learned Gentleman. Let me say ...
Subjects: Appeals Extradition Human rights Powers Ministers Treaties USA Asperger's syndrome McKinnon, Gary
Legislation: Extradition Act 2003
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