Amendments proposed to the Extradition Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

154

Clause     70,     page     35,     line     33,     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

155

Clause     71,     page     36,     line     2,     leave out ', and he asks to be shown the warrant,'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

156

Clause     71,     page     36,     line     2,     after 'it', insert 'in a language he can understand'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

157

Clause     73,     page     37,     line     40,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

      '(a) ensure that the person has received independent legal advice about his rights as to giving or withholding consent to extradition'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

158

Clause     73,     page     37,     line     42,     leave out subsection (7).

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

159

Clause     73,     page     38,     line     11,     leave out '40' and insert '7'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

160

Clause     83,     page     41,     line     32,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

161

Clause     83,     page     41,     line     32,     leave out 'must' and insert 'may, where the statement is corroborated with independent evidence,'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

162

Clause     123,     page     61,     line     13,     leave out 'irrevocable' and insert 'only valid after the person has had an opportunity to receive independent legal advice, and can be revoked at any time until extradition takes place'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

163

Clause     126,     page     62,     line     14,     leave out '91' and insert '78, 91, 92 and 93'.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 1

Passage of time

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

       'A person's extradition to a Category 1 territory is barred by reason of the passage of time if it appears it would be unjust or oppressive or not proportional in all the circumstances to extradite him by reason of the passage of time since he is alleged to have committed the extradition offence or since he is alleged to have become unlawfully at large (as the case may be).'.


Territorial bar

   

Mr John Burnett
Mr Alistair Carmichael

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

       'A person's extradition to a Category 1 territory is barred where the warrant relates to offences which—

      (a) are regarded by the law of the relevant part of the UK as having been committed in whole or in part in the territory of the UK or in a place treated as such; or

      (b) have been committed outside the territory of the Category 1 territory and the law of the relevant part of the UK does not allow prosecution for the same offences when committed outside its territory.'.


Transitional provisions

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

       'The preceding provisions of this Act will only apply to conduct which took place after the date of Royal Assent of this Act.'.

Compatability with Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

NC4

*To move the following Clause—

       '.—The Secretary of State shall certify that the provisions of this Act are compatible with the provisions of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003.'.


   

Mr Bob Ainsworth

109

Clause     178,     page     94,     line     11,     leave out from 'applicable' to first 'to' in line 12 and insert 'to extradition'.

   

Mr Bob Ainsworth

110

Clause     178,     page     94,     line     12,     leave out from second 'to' to 'to' in line 13 and insert 'extradition'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Nick Hawkins
Angela Watkinson
Mr Mark Francois
Mr James Paice
Mr Humfrey Malins

164

Page     107,     line     35,     leave out Clause 201.


ORDER OF THE HOUSE [9th DECEMBER 2002]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Extradition Bill—

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

(2) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 21st January 2003.

(3) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4) Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced.

(6) Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments or any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.


ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [7TH JANUARY]

That—

    (1)   during proceedings on the Extradition Bill the Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at twenty-five minutes past Nine o'clock and at half-past Two o'clock;

    (2)   9 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

    (3)   the proceedings to be taken at the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;

    (4)   the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken at any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;

    (5)   paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) at any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph (3) if previous proceedings have already been concluded.

TABLE

SittingProceedingsTime for conclusion of proceedings
1stPart 1
2ndPart 1
3rdPart 1
4thPart 1 (so far as not previously concluded), New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 111.25 a.m.
5thPart 2, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 25.30 p.m.
6thPart 3, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 311.25 a.m.
7thPart 4
8thPart 4 (so far as not previously concluded), New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 411.25 a.m.
9thClauses 174 to 200, the Schedule, Clauses 201 to 208, remaining New Clauses, remaining New Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill5.30 p.m.


 
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