Extract from Commons consideration of the Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Codes of Practice and Transit Code of Practice) Order 2021 - Mar 17
Thursday, 18 March 2021 08:21
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Kevin Foster):...The shadow Minister rightly highlighted the new
provisions that allow police officers to arrest someone where there
is evidence that they are wanted for a serious crime by one of our
key international partners, certified by the National Crime Agency
Again, we very much appreciated his support during the process for
that legislation. As he will know, there have been incidents where
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home
Department ():...The shadow Minister rightly highlighted the
new provisions that allow police officers to arrest someone where
there is evidence that they are wanted for a serious crime by one
of our key international partners, certified by the National Crime Agency Again, we very
much appreciated his support during the process for that
legislation. As he will know, there have been incidents where a
police officer with access to Interpol and certified alerts
encountered someone here in the UK and, because of a loophole in
the law, could not immediately detain them pending a formal request
for extradition of that person being made—in one case, that
resulted in a child sex offender literally being able to walk away
from the police, even though they were wanted in a friendly
jurisdiction...
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