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Proceeding contribution from Dominic Grieve (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 12 July 2006. It occurred during Adjournment debate and Emergency debate on UK-US Extradition Treaty.

UK-US Extradition Treaty

I want to make progress. I turn to the Extradition Act 2003. In fact, the Government’s willingness to give to the United States special privileges under that Act that required no treaty at all with the US; it was merely a gratuitous act by this Parliament. [Interruption.] If the Leader of the House looks at what happened, he will see that in fact, we abstained on the order. [Interruption.] We abstained and expressed our misgivings, which were—[Interruption.] If the Leader of the House wants to intervene, I will give way to him.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
448 c1416 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Civil liberties Evidence Extradition Enforcement Treaties Enron Reciprocal arrangements Serious Fraud Office USA US Congress NatWest Three
Legislation
Extradition Act 2003
Link
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