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Adjournment debate and Emergency debate on Wednesday, 12 July 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Nick Clegg. The answering member was Jack Straw.

UK-US Extradition Treaty

US-UK Extradition Treaty. Emergency debate following a Standing Order No. 24 application. Motion to adjourn. Agreed to on division (246 to 4).

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448 c1396-450 
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2005-06
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US-UK Extradition Treaty
Tuesday, 11 July 2006
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House of Commons
Extradition Act 2003
Thursday, 20 November 2003
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Proceeding contributions
David TC Davies | 448 c1431-2 (Link to this contribution) I thoroughly agree, but does my hon. Friend not also agree that the Americans could send an even mor...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1396 (Link to this contribution) I need to make progress—many hon. Members want to speak.
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Chris Mullin | 448 c1397 (Link to this contribution) There were many sessions of hearings on the subject—many.
Nick Clegg | 448 c1397-8 (Link to this contribution) Did the hon. Gentleman see the treaty before the report was published? I think not. The full text wa...
Lord Wills | 448 c1398 (Link to this contribution) I want to understand the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. He is saying that the treaty betwe...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1398 (Link to this contribution) I know of no other extradition treaty that is as asymmetric as that treaty. All the extradition trea...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1398 (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman care to tell the hon. Member for North Swindon (Mr. Wills) that the 1972 tr...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1398 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. For reasons that seem to have escaped the Prime Minister and other members of the Government...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1396 (Link to this contribution) It is true that the report was published. However, the hon. Gentleman knows that the treaty was nego...
Chris Mullin | 448 c1396 (Link to this contribution) Several times in the past 24 hours or so, the hon. Gentleman has made the point that parliamentary s...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1396 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House do now adjourn. Leave having been given on Tuesday 11 July under Sta...
Lord Cormack | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) No, I have taken a lot of interventions. I have great respect for the hon. Gentleman, who is a close...
Lord Bellingham | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not. I want to deal with some of the myths that have been raised.
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) I can tell my hon. Friend that discussions have taken place between our Attorney-General and the Uni...
Keith Vaz | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. and learned Friend. I am following his arguments closely. What concern...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to my hon. Friend. He has been waiting a long time.
Keith Vaz | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1409-10 (Link to this contribution) The United States has always required extradition on the basis of probable cause. Indeed, under its ...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1409 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the entirely spurious point that the Solicitor-General is making is that the arrangeme...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1409 (Link to this contribution) Let me make my point, then I will give way. I remember that when the right hon. and learned Member ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1409 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well that we are applying a similar test to the United States as ...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1409 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Boris Johnson | 448 c1408 (Link to this contribution) Nothing that the Solicitor-General has said contradicts the central fact that these are UK citizens ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1407-8 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the hon. Gentleman when I have finished these points, as I know that he is concer...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1408-9 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the Solicitor-General could take this opportunity to clarify a matter around which there is ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1408 (Link to this contribution) The point of this debate is to deal with the issue of whether there is an imbalance between the vari...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1416 (Link to this contribution) I have to say to the Solicitor-General that I cannot think of any reason not to abrogate the treaty ...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1416 (Link to this contribution) I want to make progress. I turn to the Extradition Act 2003. In fact, the Government’s willingness ...
Lord Bellingham | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the way in which the Solicitor-General skipped over the ratification ...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend makes a valid point. The Government should consider giving a termin...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend remind the House that there is a termination clause in the treaty—article 24—and...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1413-5 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my right hon. and learned Friend, and I shall also return to that point shortl...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1415-6 (Link to this contribution) I am listening with care to the hon. Gentleman’s argument and trying to work out exactly what the ““...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady and that point is a source of concern. The history—or non-history—of the ...
Baroness Hoey | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is possible that Congress will never agree to sign this treaty...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1415 (Link to this contribution) It is open to the Home Office to suspend operation of the designation of the United States as a part...
Simon Hughes | 448 c1413 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree with the views expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, H...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1413 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I will return to those points shortly.
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1413 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend also agree with this proposition: what the Government have done by designating t...
Lord Cormack | 448 c1410 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1411 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not give way. I respect the hon. Gentleman and I apologise to him, but I must make some p...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1411 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that the Solicitor-General is dealing particularly with the case of Mr. Bermingham, Mr....
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1411 (Link to this contribution) I will not give way. With the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, I am trying to make some progr...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1413 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that those of us attending this debate on such a serious issue—which was fairly opened by...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1411-3 (Link to this contribution) Exact reciprocity between different legal systems is probably impossible. The US and UK legal system...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1419 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a good pint. That brings me to the consideration—finally, I hope, as I do...
Jack Straw | 448 c1416 (Link to this contribution) The Conservatives did indeed abstain on the vote on the order; only the Liberal Democrats voted agai...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1417-8 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend and I also agree that parity is vital. That leads me to ...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 448 c1418 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an important point. Does he share my concern that the Solicitor-General...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1418 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, and that is why I intervened on the Solicitor-General when he started t...
Lord Redwood | 448 c1418-9 (Link to this contribution) Is not the crucial point that, according to the British Government, these three men are entirely inn...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1416 (Link to this contribution) We abstained because we expressed misgivings about the scope of the powers given to the United State...
Jack Straw | 448 c1416-7 (Link to this contribution) That is a paltry explanation. The hon. Gentleman is familiar with the 2003 Act under which the order...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1417 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the Leader of the House has read the relevant Hansard, but if he has not and h...
Iain Duncan Smith | 448 c1417 (Link to this contribution) As Leader of the Opposition at that time, it was clear to me—and to all my colleagues—that the main ...
Ann Cryer | 448 c1400 (Link to this contribution) No, on 22 November—[Interruption.]
Anne Snelgrove | 448 c1399 (Link to this contribution) Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that the human rights conditions were met in the various courts th...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1399-400 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Lady must know, the courts merely heard the appeal against the application for extraditi...
Keith Vaz | 448 c1398-9 (Link to this contribution) I have a great deal of sympathy for the points that the hon. Gentleman has made, but he was in the C...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1399 (Link to this contribution) The courts in Houston, Texas must determine bail terms—they are notoriously stringent—but, of course...
Ian Taylor | 448 c1401 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman underline the fact that one of the reasons why many Conservative Members sup...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1400-1 (Link to this contribution) I hazard the suggestion that even eight months ago it was too late; the decision was taken on 15 Dec...
Speaker | 448 c1400 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am trying to help the hon. Lady. As the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) has g...
Gerald Howarth | 448 c1401 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Nick Clegg | 448 c1401 (Link to this contribution) The impact on the confidence of the British business community in its dealings with the United State...
Peter Luff | 448 c1401 (Link to this contribution) I realise that the hon. Gentleman is coming towards the end of his speech and that he has understand...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1401 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, although I am duty-bound to point out that it would have bee...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1401-2 (Link to this contribution) I need to make progress, as many Members want to speak on this important topic. It is more than thr...
Robert Flello | 448 c1403 (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend has mentioned the test and the question whether it will be changed. Will ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1403 (Link to this contribution) It is important to consider how the tests operate and how they operated in relation to Enron. As my ...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) I will deal with that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, when, if I am fortunate enough to catch your eye, I have ...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1431 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. I think all of us agree, on both sides, that this issue has nothing to do with what ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1431 (Link to this contribution) I exclude completely from previous remarks the hon. Member for Henley (Mr. Johnson) who has become a...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point; that is the very reason why the Senate has, as has repeated...
David Howarth | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s point about ratification of the treaty seems to contradict in part what he said...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) I should give way with pleasure, although I really ought to rattle on.
Boris Johnson | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) The point is well made. The problem of the absence of reciprocity was, of course, introduced by the ...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I shall try to address the point made by his colleague. The ab...
John Hemming | 448 c1432 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Boris Johnson | 448 c1433 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman certainly shows that he has been following the debate keenly and is dead right.
John Hemming | 448 c1433 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there are a lot of odd things about this situation, not least the...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1433 (Link to this contribution) I sought to be generous to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (John Hemming) in order to preven...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1433-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend says 45. And two or three a year come from America. I make no comment on the respecti...
James Brokenshire | 448 c1434 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful and persuasive point. Is it not a case not only of justice being don...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1436 (Link to this contribution) I have to agree with everything that the hon. Gentleman has just said. I have seen the political bri...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 448 c1435 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the logical corollary of the statement by the Attorney-General is tha...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1435 (Link to this contribution) As usual, my right hon. and learned Friend is bang on. It is a simple matter to undesignate America ...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1435 (Link to this contribution) May I suggest an elegant solution building on the solution of my right hon. and learned Friend the M...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1435 (Link to this contribution) I would say that I was grateful to the Solicitor-General, but I am not really. Lord Justice Laws him...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1435 (Link to this contribution) I want to make it very clear that decisions about whether the matter is investigated are not made by...
George Galloway | 448 c1436 (Link to this contribution) It is true, as the hon. Gentleman—whoever he was—said, that I was not on any demonstration for these...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1435-6 (Link to this contribution) The United States Government take a broad view of their legal jurisdiction. The United States has fe...
David Winnick | 448 c1440 (Link to this contribution) When the United States authorities read the debate, if they are not watching it, will it not help if...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1440 (Link to this contribution) That is a valuable suggestion. The Americans have a distinguished ambassador in Britain. I feel sure...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1438-9 (Link to this contribution) First, the House will want to say to Mr. Speaker through you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that we are extrao...
Andrew Murrison | 448 c1439 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1439 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. This goes back to what the Prime Minister said: bail might ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1436-7 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would appreciate your advice in relation to an allegation...
George Galloway | 448 c1436 (Link to this contribution) From a Government—[Interruption.] I think that I have the Floor, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
Speaker | 448 c1437 (Link to this contribution) The hon. and learned Gentleman has used his intervention effectively to do that.
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1439-40 (Link to this contribution) Forgive me, but I had better press on because I think that the wind-ups will start in about 10 minut...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1420 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps another reason was that the Home Secretary retained residual discretion not to extradite.
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1421 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend is of course right. That is one of the issues that have arisen over...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1420 (Link to this contribution) The provisions of the European convention on extradition were incorporated in the Extradition Act 19...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1420 (Link to this contribution) The Solicitor-General makes a good point. The answer to his question is that I do not know, but I wo...
David Winnick | 448 c1422-3 (Link to this contribution) At the cost of arguing against myself, I did mention Guantanamo. I do not think there is any evidenc...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1423 (Link to this contribution) I have listened carefully to my hon. Friend’s argument, and it is an important argument—but, with th...
David Winnick | 448 c1421-2 (Link to this contribution) I have reservations and concerns about what we are debating, but I will say this: if the position we...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1422 (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman reflects on the American system, perhaps he should keep in mind Guantanamo B...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1419-20 (Link to this contribution) I want to clarify the nature of the hon. Gentleman’s argument. He seems almost to be suggesting that...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1420 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the Solicitor-General again does himself less than justice. Other courts, such as t...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1424-5 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) on obtaining the debate and on the ...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1425 (Link to this contribution) And what is more, the imbalance is perpetuated in the terms of article 8(3)(c) of the treaty. The im...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1425 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, it is stated explicitly in article 8(3)(c). The difference, in a nutshell, is this. In orde...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1425-6 (Link to this contribution) I am equally stung by the assertion that those who criticise the Government’s approach are anti-Amer...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1426 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. Other distinguished American lawyers have repeatedly made similar point...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1426 (Link to this contribution) I give the right hon. and learned Gentleman the same opportunity as I gave the shadow Attorney-Gener...
David Winnick | 448 c1423 (Link to this contribution) I have listened to what has just been said. I have also read the report of the debate in the other p...
Baroness Kramer | 448 c1423 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there are two imbalances? One is the imbalance inherent in the tr...
David Winnick | 448 c1423-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes just the point that I was about to make. First, the treaty has not been ratified...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1429 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that clarification, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The case is sub judice, as it comes before the...
Speaker | 448 c1429 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman must be clear that he cannot refer in any way to a case that is before the High C...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1427-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for giving way twice. I want to refer to my ea...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1428 (Link to this contribution) I was not in the Home Office in 1989, and I therefore had nothing to do with the Act. However, the p...
Alistair Carmichael | 448 c1427 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister’s efforts in connection with bail highlight the inadequacies of the arrangements....
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1427 (Link to this contribution) I agree. It is not too late to avert the injustice that we all fear.
Lord Redwood | 448 c1427 (Link to this contribution) The expertise of my right hon. and learned Friend on such matters is renowned and he is making a pow...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1427 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right. The Solicitor-General appeared to regard it as important that several...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1431 (Link to this contribution) I begin by saying how much I share the views of the hon. Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan) and by remind...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1430 (Link to this contribution) May I assure the hon. Gentleman that many Opposition Members—including my hon. Friend the Member for...
David Winnick | 448 c1430-1 (Link to this contribution) Like other speakers, I confined myself to the three people due to be sent to the US this week. That ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1431 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Of course, I am happy to give a blanket assurance that I accept tha...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1429-30 (Link to this contribution) If I remember correctly, that case revolved around a question of identity. Similar evidentiary stand...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1430 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the Solicitor-General is wrong about that. The evidence in that case was challenged...
Lord Redwood | 448 c1430 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman accept an assurance from me that Opposition Members think that justice must ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1430 (Link to this contribution) I cannot accept the blanket assurance that the right hon. Gentleman offers, since some Opposition Me...
Lord Cormack | 448 c1441 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Mr. Hogg) has indeed bee...
Andrew Murrison | 448 c1441 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene. My constituent, Mr. Giles Darby, is fa...
Lord Cormack | 448 c1441-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but we are close allies of the United States. I strongly agree with the points made about the e...
David Heath | 448 c1442-3 (Link to this contribution) The speeches made over the best part of three hours have amply demonstrated the importance of the de...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that I wished to focus entirely on one case; in fact, I did not. My notes we...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) When it was pointed out to me that the reference may well be prejudicial, I agreed not to use it.
George Galloway | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I counted five references to ““the Enron three”” after the ...
Speaker | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) That is not a point of order for me. It is a matter for argument and debate.
David Heath | 448 c1443-6 (Link to this contribution) Of course I accept the Solicitor-General’s words at face value, but I repeat that the term is pejora...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) To complete my intervention on the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath). If I did as the h...
Joan Ryan | 448 c1446-7 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. My right hon. Friend makes the case for the measure. I shall concentrate on a few issue...
Alex Salmond | 448 c1447 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. As I am sure that you are well aware, ““Erskine May”” makes...
Denis MacShane | 448 c1446 (Link to this contribution) How would my hon. Friend regard a British firm whose criminal activity led to the destruction of tho...
Speaker | 448 c1447 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) has misinterpreted what is set out in ““Erskine M...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1403 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard) was Home Secretary, the...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) The Solicitor-General is in danger of making a very bad point. The major difference was that those w...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) It is interesting that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should rise at this point. We have heard...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) Half a dozen hon. Members are trying to get me to give way, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Perhaps it would be ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a bad point himself. The district judge took the view that so far as he ...
Speaker | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) That is not a point of order for the Chair. That is a point of argument, which I have no doubt will ...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. and learned Gentleman is offended by the description, which has been used by many ...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1404 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, it must be wrong in principle to refer to those three peopl...
Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 448 c1405-6 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the debate began with a discussion of the treaty, the imbal...
Speaker | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Speaker granted this debate because he regarded it as a matter of genuine urgency and bec...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) I do not blame the Enron three for the substantial publicity campaign that they have generated in or...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) If the Solicitor-General is persuaded by the view of the district judge that there was evidence agai...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) The Liberal Democrats must answer for themselves, and I will let them do so, but I had not heard any...
Rob Marris | 448 c1405 (Link to this contribution) Today’s debate seems to have been prompted by the pressing case of the NatWest three. Does my hon. a...
Speaker | 448 c1406 (Link to this contribution) Order. The House will have heard what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has said, but I am not aw...
Viscount Hailsham | 448 c1406 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. This is an important debate, and it is bound to be listened...
Speaker | 448 c1406 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have ruled on the question of sub judice. I think that what is of concern to some right hon...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1406 (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. and learned Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Mr. Hogg) had been listening, h...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1407 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the hon. Gentleman in a moment; let me put my argument first. I will not go into...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1406-7 (Link to this contribution) No. I have given way rather a lot, and I want to proceed with my argument and to deal with some of t...
Ann Cryer | 448 c1400 (Link to this contribution) Why has the hon. Gentleman waited such a long time before raising all these questions—[Interruption....
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1407 (Link to this contribution) May I deal with the point raised by the hon. Member for Henley? The Serious Fraud Office has declin...
Keith Vaz | 448 c1407 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend give way?
Boris Johnson | 448 c1434-5 (Link to this contribution) I do not necessarily dissent from that. If the torrent of allegations that the Solicitor-General rea...
David Burrowes | 448 c1439 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for citing the problems for those who are extradit...
George Galloway | 448 c1437-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that it is effective at all, because if it was not by means of a pager, it must have ...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 448 c1426-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the shadow Attorney-General and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Sleaf...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1428-9 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by thanking Mr. Speaker, through you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for allowing this emergency de...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1430 (Link to this contribution) I do not question for one second the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s commitment on these issues. ...
Speaker | 448 c1429 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am afraid that I must advise the hon. Gentleman that this case is sub judice and that there...
David Heath | 448 c1443 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Solicitor-General for his comments, but I think that most right hon. and hon. M...
Joan Ryan | 448 c1446 (Link to this contribution) I apologise in advance to right hon. and hon. Members if I fail to address their points, as I have o...
Boris Johnson | 448 c1434 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I am grateful to him. It is incredible: what comment ar...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 448 c1429 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr. Deputy Speaker. None of us can say, with our hands on our hearts, whether the th...
Dominic Grieve | 448 c1411 (Link to this contribution) Will the Solicitor-General give way?
Ann Cryer | 448 c1400 (Link to this contribution) I am simply trying to say that on 22 November 2005, eight months ago, when a colleague of the hon. M...
Mike O'Brien | 448 c1402-3 (Link to this contribution) To listen to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg), we might think that the 2003 treaty ...
Nick Clegg | 448 c1398 (Link to this contribution) I accept that the prima facie burden was slightly higher than probable cause, but we have wildly ove...
Notes
At this time, Emergency debates were made in the form of a motion for the adjournment.
Subjects
Civil liberties Evidence Extradition Enforcement Treaties Enron Reciprocal arrangements Serious Fraud Office USA US Congress NatWest Three
Legislation
Extradition Act 2003
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