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Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with how many countries Her Majesty's Government have (a) concluded an extradition treaty, (b) is currently negotiating an extradition treaty and (c) no extradition treaty or limited extradition arrangements.

Mr. John Patten : (a) The United Kingdom has extradition arrangements with the following Commonwealth countries listed in schedule 1 to the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991--1991 No. 1700 :

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia

The Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Botswana

Brunei

Canada

Dominica

Fiji

The Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guyana

India

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati

Lesotho

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Malta

Mauritius

Nauru

New Zealand

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Swaziland

Tanzania

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Uganda

Vanuatu

Western Samoa

Zambia

Zimbabwe ;

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with the parties to the European convention on extradition, listed in schedule 2, part 1 to the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990--1990 No. 1507 :

Austria

Cyprus

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany, Federal Republic of

Greece

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey ;

and through bilateral treaties, not all of which are currently operative, with the following foreign states :

Albania

Argentina

Belgium

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

Ecuador

Guatemala

Haiti

Iraq

Liberia

Mexico

Monaco

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Romania

Salvador

San Marino

Thailand

United States of America

Uruguay

Yugoslavia

Arrangements with the Republic of Ireland are based on the reciprocal backing of warrants.

(b) The possibility of replacing the existing arrangements with India under the Commonwealth scheme with a bilateral treaty will be the subject of official discussions next month.

(c) Limited extradition arrangements exist with some countries not listed in the tables by virtue of the international conventions referred to in section 22(2) of the Extradition Act 1989. I shall write to the hon. Member shortly giving details of the parties to those conventions.

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