United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4981
Extradition: USA
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24 October 2019
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1 November 2019 · Answer
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1 November 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policy of Clause 1 of Article 4 of the Extradition Treaty between the UK Government and the US Administration which states that Extraditi
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24 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policy of Clause 1 of Article 4 of the Extradition Treaty between the UK Government and the US Administration which states that Extraditi
Source: Commons
1 November 2019
Answer
The consideration of whether an offence for which extradition is requested is a political offence is implicit in UK law under section 81 of the 2003 Extradition Act, which states:“A person’s extradition to a category 2 territory is barred by reason of ext...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-24/4981
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1156184
- uk · wq-1156184 · source updated 1 November 2019