Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: Future issues could include jurisdiction, mitigation, liability and extradition for future crime,
Oral Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: Electronic border management systemsFound: the offence is not a criminal offence in the UK, you can see immediate problems, such as those in USA
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department has taken to prevent miscarriages of justice as a result of the UK-US extradition treaty.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK-US Extradition Treaty continues to produce tangible results, bringing justice to victims in both the UK and US. All individual extradition requests are subject to the Extradition Act 2003, which requires a UK judge to decide whether the requested person's extradition would be appropriate based on the safeguards and protections included in the Act. Extradition continues to be a vital tool in our fight against transnational crime. The US is one of our main extradition partners and it is in our national interest to have an effective extradition relationship.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with their US counterparts on the UK-US Extradition Treaty, in the context (i) the case of Anne Sacoolas and (ii) other prominent cases.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Extradition is a matter for the Home Office, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the courts. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not had recent discussions with the US on the UK-US Extradition Treaty.
With regards to Anne Sacoolas, she has now been sentenced. We engaged frequently with the US on this case when it was ongoing: in 2022, it was raised at least seven times by FCDO ministers or senior officials with US counterparts.
Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) of their homes and others taking over, and illegal settlement homes are being sold to people in the USA - Speech Link
2: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) The Minister will know that European security continues to be underpinned by the USA, which funds the - Speech Link
3: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) Minister, official or embassy member had any discussions with our American allies over the dysfunctional extradition - Speech Link
Correspondence Jan. 15 2024
Committee: International Agreements CommitteeFound: which are relevant to the arbitration ; for example, a country with which the UK or Rwanda has an extradition
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Serious and organised crime strategy 2023 to 2028Found: USA and mainland Europe are the main source of lethal firearms.Origin of illicit drugs smuggled to the
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Serious and organised crime strategy 2023 to 2028Found: USA and mainland Europe are the main source of lethal firearms.Origin of illicit drugs smuggled to the
Sep. 07 2023
Source Page: FCDO Legal Directorate annual review 2022 to 2023Found: Thus far I’ve had opportunities to travel to Geneva and the USA, and even put my previous military
Aug. 04 2023
Source Page: National Crime Agency Annual Report and Accounts: 2022 to 2023Found: of an organised criminal group that was trafficking Brazilian victims of MSHT into the UK from the USA