§ Mr. GardinerTo a sk the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 16 May 2003,Official Report, column 463W, what account was taken of the Home Office guidelines that extra-territorial jurisdiction is permissible in cases where it is likely that the crime would otherwise not be judiciable. [130185]
§ Nigel Griffiths[holding answer 16 September 2003]: The Government took the guidelines set out in the Home Office Review of Extra-Territorial jurisdiction into consideration when deciding on the extra-territorial scope of the controls to be introduced under the Act. The proposed new controls are consistent with these guidelines.