Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2013
The Committee consisted of the following Members:
Ainsworth, Mr Bob (Coventry North East) (Lab)
Blears, Hazel (Salford and Eccles) (Lab)
† Bryant, Chris (Rhondda) (Lab)
† Burt, Lorely (Solihull) (LD)
† Field, Mark (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con)
† Harper, Mr Mark (Minister for Immigration)
† Hemming, John (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD)
† Lord, Jonathan (Woking) (Con)
McDonagh, Siobhain (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)
† Nokes, Caroline (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con)
† Opperman, Guy (Hexham) (Con)
Phillipson, Bridget (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)
† Simpson, David (Upper Bann) (DUP)
† Spelman, Mrs Caroline (Meriden) (Con)
† Syms, Mr Robert (Poole) (Con)
† Tomlinson, Justin (North Swindon) (Con)
† Wilson, Phil (Sedgefield) (Lab)
John-Paul Flaherty, Committee Clerk
† attended the Committee
Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Monday 24 June 2013
[Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair]
Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2013
4.30 pm
The Minister for Immigration (Mr Mark Harper): I beg to move,
That the Committee has considered the draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2013.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. The order amends the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003 and the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003, and it is necessary for three reasons.
The order is necessary first because of the accession of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July—it will operate the European arrest warrant procedure from
then—and secondly because of the accession of the Republic of Korea to the European convention on extradition. Thirdly, the order is necessary to amend the time allowed for India to provide the necessary documentation following a person’s provisional arrest, to reflect the terms of the bilateral extradition agreement in place between the UK and India.With those amendments, the United Kingdom will be able to comply with its various obligations under the relevant international extradition agreements. As the order is fairly uncontroversial, I hope, given my explanation, that the Committee will approve it.
4.31 pm
Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab): It is a great delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. The Minister is completely and utterly wrong: the order is not fairly uncontroversial; it is completely and utterly uncontroversial. There are three provisions in it and we agree with all of them, although we are rather more ardent supporters of the European arrest warrant than are the Government. We support the order.