Proceeding contribution from Alan Johnson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 December 2009. It occurred during Urgent question on Gary McKinnon (Extradition).
Gary McKinnon (Extradition)
It is just not good enough for a Home Secretary to be told to find "some way", irrespective of what the European Court of Human Rights or the law says. It is not the Home Secretary's job to be popular or to please whatever media campaign happens to be on the go; it is the Home Secretary's job to uphold the law—to look at things carefully and make the right judgment. That is what I have done.
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- 501 c983-4
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- 2009-10
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Extradition USA Appeals Human rights Powers Ministers Treaties Asperger's syndrome McKinnon, Gary
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- Extradition Act 2003
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