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» Monday, December 5, 2011

Extradition

Asked if the Prime Minister intended to vote on a back bench debate on extradition, the PMS said he did not know if the Prime Minister would vote.

Asked the Government’s view of extradition laws, the PMS said there had been an independent review which was now being considered. Asked about the whipping arrangements for this evening, the PMS said he understood it was one line whip.

Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was appropriate for an American ambassador to write an article about extradition in the Daily Telegraph, the PMS said that was the kind of thing that ambassadors did.

Asked about David Blunkett’s proposal that Gary McKinnon could go on trial in the UK via videolink to a US court and if convicted he would then serve a sentence in the UK, the PMS said the Home Secretary was looking at that case; and that extradition could only be refused at this stage if it was found that it would breach Mr McKinnon’s human rights. The Home Secretary was considering the case and she would reach a decision as soon as she was able, but she had to consider all the points that had been raised by Mr McKinnon’s legal team.

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