§ Mr. Roger Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to secure that persons whose extradition is sought by foreign States may enjoy similar safeguards to those provided in Section 4(1) of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967, for persons whose return is sought by independent Commonwealth countries.
§ Mr. MaudlingIt has not hitherto been the practice to include in treaties to which the Extradition Acts apply all the safeguards concerning political and other matters contained in Section 4(1) of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1967. But since provisions on these lines would be broadly consistent with Article 3 of the European Convention on Extradition, I would146W expect them to be widely acceptable, and I propose to arrange for them to be included in extradition treaties in future whenever the other State agrees.