§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions Her Majesty's Government have raised with the Irish Republic Government instances where the courts in the Republic have classified an extradition offence as being of a political nature; and if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT in each instance the date of the court hearing and the nature of the charge.
§ Mr. AmeryIn the Irish Republic, as in the United Kingdom, the Executive has no power to interfere in the actions of the judiciary. For this reason, it would serve no useful purpose to raise officially with the Government of the Irish Republic decisions made by the courts of that country. On certain occasions, however, there have been puzzling features about such decisions in extradition cases, for example, refusal to accept apparently 241W conclusive identification evidence, and we have asked the authorities of the Irish Republic to explain them.