Home Secretary, Theresa May,
Home Secretary to be questioned on Extradition Law
4 December 2014
As it nears the end of its evidence-taking, the House of Lords Select Committee examining Extradition Law will question the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP, on Thursday 4 December.
Witness
Thursday 4 December 2014, Committee Room 3, House of Lords
At 10.10am
- Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP
The inquiry
During the course of the inquiry, the Committee has heard about many aspects of extradition law and procedure. It has heard from specialist legal experts, advocacy groups, campaigners for reforms to the system, EU officials, policy makers, judges, experts in prison conditions, and leading academics.
Areas of discussion
In this session, the Committee will cover a range of the issues that have arisen in the inquiry with the Home Secretary:
- the Government’s approach to addressing the flaws in the European Arrest Warrant (EAW);
- what assurances the Government has obtained that recent changes to the way the UK deals with EAWs will not leave the UK subject to infringement proceedings in the EU Court of Justice;
- what the Government sees as its responsibility to UK citizens who are extradited on the basis of assurances;
- how the Government thinks the extradition process might be amended to improve the experience of individuals extradited to countries where the justice system, though human rights compliant, is often considered harsh; and
- how the Government will facilitate import extradition from countries that the UK has no arrangements with, such as Egypt, Indonesia and Pakistan, particularly in light of the threat posed by radicalised individuals committing terrorist acts in the UK and fleeing abroad.