Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour) on Monday, 19 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2001. It was answered by Jack Straw (Labour) on Monday, 26 March 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the grounds on which an individual subject to extradition could be transferred to another jurisdiction in his recently published proposals on extradition.

Answer: Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the grounds on which an individual subject to extradition could be transferred to another jurisdiction in his recently published proposals on extradition. [155079] Mr. Straw: The consultation document, The Law on Extradition: A Review, which I published on 12 March, makes proposals for extensive streamlining and reform of the present extradition legislation. It does not propose however to amend the fundamental grounds on which an individual subject to extradition proceedings can be transferred to another jurisdiction. These are that there is an extradition arrangement in place between the requesting state and the United Kingdom, and that the offence of which the individual has been accused or convicted is an extradition crime. The definition of extradition crime varies depending on the particular extradition arrangements in place; the bars to extradition also vary under different arrangements. The proposals for streamlining these provisions are summarised in Chapter II of the consultation document.

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