HC Deb 22 December 1976 vol 923 cc191-2W
25. Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which foreign countries Extradition Acts currently apply; which Commonwealth countries have been designated under the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967; which other territories have been so designated; and with which other countries negotiations are currently in existence with a view to extradition agreements being concluded.

Mr. Luard

There are 44 extradition treaties with foreign countries which are still regarded as being in force and I will, with permission circulate a list in theOfficial Report.

All independent Commonwealth countries have been designated for the purposes of Section 1 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967. No action to designate United Kingdom dependencies, as defined in Section 2, is called for by the Act. I will also circulate in the Official Report a list of Commonwealth countries designated.

No new extradition treaties are being negotiated at the present time, but negotiations with Denmark and Italy for revised treaties to replace the old have been in progress for some time.

LIST OF STATES WITH WHICH EXTRADITION TREATIES ARE REGARDED AS IN FORCE
Albania Italy
Argentine Liberia
Austria Luxembourg
Belgium Mexico
Bolivia Monaco
Chile Netherlands
Colombia Nicaragua
Cuba Norway
Czechoslovakia Panama
Denmark Paraguay
Ecuador Peru
El Salvador Poland
Finland Portugal
France Romania
Germany (Federal Republic) San Marino
Spain
Greece Sweden
Guatemala Switzerland
Haiti Thailand
Hungary United States of America
Iceland
Iraq Uruguay
Israel Yugoslavia
INDEPENDENT COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 1 OF THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT 1967
Australia Malta
Bahamas Mauritius
Bangladesh Nauru
Barbados New Zealand
Botswana Nigeria
Canada Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands Seychelles
Cyprus Sierra Leone
Fiji Singapore
The Gambia Sri Lanka
Ghana Swaziland
Grenada Tanzania
Guyana Tonga
India Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica Uganda
Kenya Independent State of Western Samoa
Lesotho
Malawi Zambia
Malaysia

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