Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to decide when and how to make representations to an overseas Government on the extradition of a UK citizen which it believes breaches international law or process.

Extradition is a judicial matter, therefore concerns about the extradition process are, in most cases, most effectively and appropriately pursued by a local lawyer. The FCDO has no involvement in extraditions to or from the UK. We can consider intervening in third country extradition cases involving British nationals where we have human rights or fair trial concerns, in line with our public guidance on GOV.UK. Our actions in each case depend on its individual circumstances, the extradition procedures in the country where the British national is facing extradition and the situation in the requesting country.