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Police and Justice Bill

I will give way in a moment. Members to the convention do not require prima facie evidence from one another. By the end of 2003, the convention applied between almost all European states. We have heard the convention praised by Conservative Members. It applied to almost all European states, including Russia and other former Soviet states, which are all members of the Council of Europe, as well as to Israel and South Africa. The convention still applies to our extradition arrangements with all of these states except for those which have joined the European Union, with which we operate the European arrest warrant mechanism. I now give way to the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard).