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Adjournment debate, Backbench debate and e-petition debate on Thursday, 24 November 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Dominic Raab. The answering members were Damian Green and Damian Green.

Extradition

Unallotted backbench debate (half day). Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
536 c147-94WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2011-1966
Monday, 5 December 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Damian Green | 536 c190-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady made an extremely interesting point earlier; when she revealed it a few minutes ago, i...
Dominic Raab | 536 c192-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great privilege to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Leigh. I pay tribute to many colleagues...
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Chris Bryant | 536 c187WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. I have a series of questions for the Minister. What timeline ar...
Damian Green | 536 c187-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to sit under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Leigh. I join everyone else i...
Damian Green | 536 c189WH (Link to this contribution) I will give way shortly; let me finish going through the detail. To date, the prosecuting authoriti...
Chris Bryant | 536 c187WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is shaking his head. Perhaps he will correct my impression in a moment.
David Burrowes | 536 c187WH (Link to this contribution) I rise in reference to Gary McKinnon. I am not aware of any suggestion from the Government that the ...
Chris Bryant | 536 c187WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important correction. I apologise for that conflation of views. We have ...
Chris Bryant | 536 c186-7WH (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Leader of the House is shaking his head. If he has other statistics, I will be happy to g...
Chris Bryant | 536 c185-6WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, of course I do. It is always quite difficult to achieve perfectly because people have different...
Charlie Elphicke | 536 c185WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman cited the case of Russia. Does he think that, in such dealings, reciprocity is an...
Chris Bryant | 536 c185WH (Link to this contribution) The honest truth is that it is a right old mix. That is why, as we consider the matter, there is a d...
Nick de Bois | 536 c185WH (Link to this contribution) Can the hon. Gentleman clarify whether some of the applications were not exercised in full or execut...
Chris Bryant | 536 c183-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Leigh, although I rather liked the moment when ...
Caroline Lucas | 536 c179-81WH (Link to this contribution) I would be happy to take advice from other hon. Members on that, but a vote should consider the desi...
Nick de Bois | 536 c181-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am conscious that I will be the last person to contribute before the winding-up speeches. A lot ha...
Chris Bryant | 536 c179WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady be clear about what she wants the vote to be on?
Keith Vaz | 536 c175-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure, Mr Leigh, to follow the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake...
Tom Brake | 536 c175WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. and learned Friend, who has responded in true ministerial mode. The panel will...
Keith Vaz | 536 c176-7WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely right. That is the fundamental basis for what sho...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 536 c176WH (Link to this contribution) I am loth to cause a shock to the right hon. Gentleman. He can assume that my views have been formed...
Caroline Lucas | 536 c177-9WH (Link to this contribution) Let me add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) on securing this imp...
Charlie Elphicke | 536 c172-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes the case for the extradition of a British citizen to another jurisdiction w...
Keith Vaz | 536 c175WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that the Deputy Prime Minister, in his capacity as leader of the Liberal Democrats, has...
Tom Brake | 536 c174-5WH (Link to this contribution) I will be brief, first because, regrettably, I have a prior engagement. I apologise to the Minister ...
Tom Brake | 536 c175WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. My right hon. and learned Friend may want to ...
Dominic Raab | 536 c147WH (Link to this contribution) It is a tremendous pleasure and privilege to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell, for, I bel...
David Burrowes | 536 c147-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this incredibly important debate and on raising the case o...
Dominic Raab | 536 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that historical context, and I certainly accept it. It is important to ha...
Gavin Shuker | 536 c153-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and I too pay tribute to Babar Ahmad's cons...
Andy Slaughter | 536 c154WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I will go on to discuss that point.
Andy Slaughter | 536 c154-5WH (Link to this contribution) As so often, I agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said, and I will discuss the length of ...
Karen Bradley | 536 c152WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and on raising the case of my consti...
Dominic Raab | 536 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. Compensation should be paid by the country that has made...
Speaker | 536 c153WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Eleven hon. Members have indicated that they wish to speak in this debate. If everyo...
Andy Slaughter | 536 c153WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Rosindell. I will certainly keep within those limits. I only want to make two points e...
Dominic Raab | 536 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that is correct. Going back to the Baker report and the issue of extradition under the Eu...
Dominic Raab | 536 c150-1WH (Link to this contribution) Certainly, we need to have a debate in Chamber time and on a votable motion. I hope that we can deal...
Dennis Skinner | 536 c151WH (Link to this contribution) If we had a vote today, we would carry it, but of course we cannot have one because we are not in th...
Dominic Raab | 536 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention.
Andy Slaughter | 536 c150WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has partly addressed my point. Given the number of hon. Members present today, does th...
Dominic Raab | 536 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. I want to be careful about what I say about the Babar Ah...
Jane Ellison | 536 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. I wonder whether it is helpful to intervene on beha...
Dominic Raab | 536 c149-50WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the point, and exactly why the assumptions that underwrite the European arrest warra...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 536 c150WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. During the course of his research, has he...
Nick de Bois | 536 c149WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on that point about my constituent. I, too, congratul...
Dominic Raab | 536 c151WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman; I find myself in the rare position of agreeing wholeheartedly with him.
Penny Mordaunt | 536 c170WH (Link to this contribution) On the point about the forum bar and the other test that the hon. Gentleman has described, one of th...
Hywel Francis | 536 c170-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure my Committee has a view. I am a bit anxious not to get involved in individual cases, but a...
Charlie Elphicke | 536 c171WH (Link to this contribution) Welcome to the Chair, Mr Leigh. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Ra...
Chris Bryant | 536 c171WH (Link to this contribution) May I issue a slight corrective? Everyone thus far has talked about British nationals being extradit...
Charlie Elphicke | 536 c171-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, but I am concentrating on our citizens and our electors. The...
Chris Bryant | 536 c172WH (Link to this contribution) One area in which we in this country have changed direction slightly in the past few years—rightly s...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 536 c165-7WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely. I can say this as a Scots lawyer, because we have a civil law rather than a common...
Charlotte Leslie | 536 c167WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way and my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and ...
Hywel Francis | 536 c168-70WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for North East Fife (Sir Menzies Campbe...
Jeremy Corbyn | 536 c161WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that my hon. Friend makes, but is not the real problem the completely differe...
Yasmin Qureshi | 536 c161-2WH (Link to this contribution) I agree, and that issue highlights the importance of how arrest warrants are implemented. Procedural...
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 536 c157-9WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much, Mr Rosindell, for allowing me to sneak in at the last minute. I congratulate my...
Yasmin Qureshi | 536 c159-61WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) on securing the debate. I also congrat...
Richard Fuller | 536 c165WH (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is precisely because of the traditions of jurisp...
David Burrowes | 536 c162-4WH (Link to this contribution) What has today's debate in Westminster Hall—on a matter worthy, as other hon. Members have said, of ...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 536 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...
Andy Slaughter | 536 c155-6WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree and that is why I say, notwithstanding the points that have been made about the nee...
Richard Drax | 536 c156-7WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) on securing the debate...
Fiona Mactaggart | 536 c155WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has stressed the fact that Babar Ahmad has been in prison for seven years. I do not t...
Caroline Lucas | 536 c189-90WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Can he say whether he believes that the latest informa...
Jeremy Corbyn | 536 c154WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab), who secured this debate, quite rightly concluded his...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 536 c167-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend underlines the need for the Home Secretary to have the jurisdiction and the discretio...
Subjects
Arrest warrants EU countries Extradition Human rights USA McKinnon, Gary Ahmad, Babar Symeou, Andrew
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