Will the Minister reflect on the justification he gave for retaining the right of a police officer to carry out post-charge questioning in the first 24 hours? He said that it was not in the interests of the prosecution or the police to allow that to happen in oppressive circumstances...

Will the Minister reflect on the justification he gave for retaining the right of a police officer to carry out post-charge questioning in the first 24 hours? He said that it was not in the interests of the prosecution or the police to allow that to happen in oppressive circumstances...

I have great sympathy for this amendment. As the noble Lord has just said, considerable consequences flow from a finding, whether by judge or jury, that an offence has a terrorist connection. If an offence is regarded and treated in law as an aggravated offence in the context of terrorism,...

I have great sympathy for this amendment. As the noble Lord has just said, considerable consequences flow from a finding, whether by judge or jury, that an offence has a terrorist connection. If an offence is regarded and treated in law as an aggravated offence in the context of terrorism,...

I do not quite see how a terrorist trial could be lengthened by this procedure as the question would be established by definition that there was a connection with terrorism.

I do not quite see how a terrorist trial could be lengthened by this procedure as the question would be established by definition that there was a connection with terrorism.

I support Amendment No. 186, particularly in the context of the journey that the Minister is about to make to Washington— slightly humiliatingly, it seems to me—to plead for our rights. I do so more generally in real dismay atthe turn that events have taken concerning our arrangements for extradition...

I support Amendment No. 186, particularly in the context of the journey that the Minister is about to make to Washington— slightly humiliatingly, it seems to me—to plead for our rights. I do so more generally in real dismay atthe turn that events have taken concerning our arrangements for extradition...

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I may be able to save the noble Baroness from the risk of misleading the Committee. She referred us to Section 71 but she did not refer us to Section 71(4), which says that, if the requesting country is a category 2 territory which is designated for the purpose, you...

I may be able to save the noble Baroness from the risk of misleading the Committee. She referred us to Section 71 but she did not refer us to Section 71(4), which says that, if the requesting country is a category 2 territory which is designated for the purpose, you...

What plans there are to make an application to the Department of State of the United States seeking the extradition of George Finbar Ross in respect of matters relating to the collapse of International Investments Ltd Gibraltar.

What plans there are to make an application to the Department of State of the United States seeking the extradition of George Finbar Ross in respect of matters relating to the collapse of International Investments Ltd Gibraltar.

If the arrest of Miss Rita O'Hare is still sought; and what attempts have been made to extradite her from the Irish Republic.

If the arrest of Miss Rita O'Hare is still sought; and what attempts have been made to extradite her from the Irish Republic.

What is the average time taken to obtain the extradition to Northern Ireland of a person suspected of having committed fraud from the United States of America after directions to prosecute have been issued in the United Kingdom. (Failed OPQ). - There are no such records of any such extraditions...

What is the average time taken to obtain the extradition to Northern Ireland of a person suspected of having committed fraud from the United States of America after directions to prosecute have been issued in the United Kingdom. (Failed OPQ). - There are no such records of any such extraditions...

What representations he made to (a) the Irish Attorney General, (b) his officials, (c) other Ministers in the then Irish Government and (d) officials in the Irish Government over delays in extraditing from Ireland Brendan Smyth at any time between (i) April 1993 and February 1994 and (ii) subsequently; to...

What representations he made to (a) the Irish Attorney General, (b) his officials, (c) other Ministers in the then Irish Government and (d) officials in the Irish Government over delays in extraditing from Ireland Brendan Smyth at any time between (i) April 1993 and February 1994 and (ii) subsequently; to...

What representations his Department received from the Catholic Church in respect of Brendan Smyth.

What representations his Department received from the Catholic Church in respect of Brendan Smyth.

What representations his Department made (a) through the Anglo-Irish inter-governmental machinery and (b) directly to the Attorney General of the Irish Republic about the delay in the Irish Republic's Attorney General's response to the extradition warrant issued by the RUC to the Gardai in April 1993 in respect of Brendan...

What representations his Department made (a) through the Anglo-Irish inter-governmental machinery and (b) directly to the Attorney General of the Irish Republic about the delay in the Irish Republic's Attorney General's response to the extradition warrant issued by the RUC to the Gardai in April 1993 in respect of Brendan...

What discussions he has had with Mr Attorney General about the delay in the Irish Republic's Attorney General's response to the extradition warrant issued by the RUC to the Garda in April 1993 in respect of Brendan Smyth. - I have not discussed this matter with my right hon and...

What discussions he has had with Mr Attorney General about the delay in the Irish Republic's Attorney General's response to the extradition warrant issued by the RUC to the Garda in April 1993 in respect of Brendan Smyth. - I have not discussed this matter with my right hon and...

What arrangements have been made (a) to comply with the terms imposed by the Irish Republic on the endorsement of British warrants under the Irish Extradition (Amendment) Act 1989 and (b) to comply with the Irish demand for the formal adoption of the speciality rule in extradition arrangements between the...

What arrangements have been made (a) to comply with the terms imposed by the Irish Republic on the endorsement of British warrants under the Irish Extradition (Amendment) Act 1989 and (b) to comply with the Irish demand for the formal adoption of the speciality rule in extradition arrangements between the...

Whether Her Majesty's Government has any plans to seek the extradition of Mr John Cairncross, former Foreign Office civil servant, from France. - No.

Whether Her Majesty's Government has any plans to seek the extradition of Mr John Cairncross, former Foreign Office civil servant, from France. - No.

What contracts HMG have had with the US Govt regarding the extradition of suspected war criminals; how may such suspects have been extradited from the US, & with what results. - Includes figure.

What contracts HMG have had with the US Govt regarding the extradition of suspected war criminals; how may such suspects have been extradited from the US, & with what results. - Includes figure.

During which years since the end of the Second World War it has been the policy of British Govt to track down war criminals with a view to their prosecution or extradition; & which year the last suspected war criminal was extradited or prosecuted by a British Govt. - Includes...

During which years since the end of the Second World War it has been the policy of British Govt to track down war criminals with a view to their prosecution or extradition; & which year the last suspected war criminal was extradited or prosecuted by a British Govt. - Includes...

What recent discussions Attorney General has had with Ministers in Govt of Irish Republic about extradition (Failed OPQ)

What recent discussions Attorney General has had with Ministers in Govt of Irish Republic about extradition (Failed OPQ)