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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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