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Lords amendments

Reference was made to the Police and Justice Bill and the issue of extradition. The Leader was asked if he was confident that the large majorities in the House of Lords could be overturned. Mr Straw said that the handling of the debate next week was a matter for the Home Secretary and his colleagues. On the principle, he said that the concern which had been expressed – in both Houses – was that the Government was seeking to implement extradition arrangements before they had been ratified, more or less reciprocally, by the United States. The Leader pointed out that the US had now ratified the arrangements, so it was hard to see what the objection was. It was in no-one’s interest – either citizens of the US or the UK – to have individuals, against whom there were serious allegations of serious crimes, at large because of defects in the extradition process.

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