§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were extradited from Scotland to the Republic of Ireland in each of the years 1969 to 1978 inclusive; and on what charges.
§ Mr. RifkindThe Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 provides for the return to the Republic of persons to face criminal charges on the backing of a Republic warrant of arrest by a court44W bring the total staff to six. I am satisfied that the single additional post is needed in view of the greatly increased work load of the office, which now has 3,000 small businesses on its register.