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

72

Clause     63,     page     30,     line     37,     leave out subsection (5).

   

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

73

Clause     63,     page     31,     line     6,     leave out from 'imprisonment' to end of line 7 and insert 'of three years or more'.

   

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

74

Clause     63,     page     31,     line     24,     leave out subsection (8).


   

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

75

Clause     64,     page     31,     line     41,     leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

      '(b) a judicial decision made by a judge of a High Court of a category 1 territory in which the presumption of innocence applies shows that the conduct constitutes a terrorist offence'.

   

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

76

Clause     64,     page     31,     line     45,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

77

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     8,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

78

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     14,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

79

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     19,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

80

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     26,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

81

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     29,     leave out '4 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

82

Clause     64,     page     32,     line     36,     leave out '12 months' and insert '3 years'.

   

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

83

Clause     64,     page     33,     line     5,     leave out subsection (8).


   

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

84

Clause     65,     page     33,     line     16,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2)   The only authority to be recognised in a British court for the purposes of this Act from a category 1 territory is to be a judge of a High Court (equivalent to the High Court of England and Wales) in which the presumption of innocence applies in the same way as it applies in the courts of England and Wales.'.

   

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

85

Clause     65,     page     33,     line     19,     leave out subsection (3).

   

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

173

Clause     65,     page     33,     line     25,     at end insert—

    '(7)   Where an alleged offence which is the subject of an arrest warrant is not a crime under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, that warrant must be referred to the Home Secretary who must make a decision separate to any decision of a United Kingdom court as to whether extradition to the requesting country would be proper in all the circumstances.

    (8)   The Home Secretary must make an annual report to both Houses of Parliament on the cases in which he has exercised his discretion as set out in subsection (7) above and the reasons for the exercise of his discretion in each case.'.


   

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

86

Page     33,     line     26,     leave out Clause 66.


   

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

87

Page     34,     line     1,     leave out Clause 67.


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.'.


   

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'.


   

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

171

Clause     172,     page     91,     line     34,     at end insert—

      '(c) in Scotland has the meaning given by section 33 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.'.


   

Mr Bob Ainsworth

109

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

 
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