HC Deb 29 March 1979 vol 965 cc289-93W
Mr. Edge

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many

Mr. Merlyn Rees

There is no agreed definition of the term "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation ". Following is the information in respect of the bodies which were mentioned in the answer given to a question by the hon. Member for St. Marylebone (Mr. Baker) on 5 March.—[Vol. 963, c. 408]:

extraditions have been refused by magistrates' courts in each of the past five years; and how these are broken down into countries, offences and grounds for refusal;

(2) how many times he has refused requests for extraditions in each of the past five years; and how these are broken down into countries requesting extradition, offences, and grounds for refusal;

(3) how many requests from foreign States there have been for extraditions in each of the past five years; and how these are broken down by country and by offence.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The following tables give information about magistrates' court proceedings for the period 1974–1978 in respect of persons whose surrender was formally requested under treaties to which the Extradition Act 1870 applies, or under the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967, and whose cases have been finally determined.

Where the magistrates' court did not commit the person concerned for surrender, this will normally have been because the court was not satisfied that

1978
Country Number of persons Principal offence in each case Number of persons not committed by magistrate on any charge Principal offence with which persons referred to in column (4) were charged or of which they were convicted
Australia 2 Robbery. Obtaining property by deception.
Cyprus 1 Murder.
Denmark 2 Drug offences (2). 1 Drug offences.
France 2 Murder. Robbery.
Federal Republic of Germany 5 Kidnapping. Indecent assault. Wounding with intent. Theft. Obtaining property by deception. 1 Wounding with intent.
Hong Kong 1 Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception.
Israel 1 Wounding with intent.
Italy 1 Manslaughter.
Netherlands 1 Theft.
New Zealand 1 Theft.
Switzerland 2 Robbery. Obtaining property by deception.
United States 2 Murder.
Forgery.
1977
Country Number of persons Principal offence in each case Number of persons not committed by magistrate on any charge Principal offence with which persons referred to in column (4) were charged or of which they were convicted
Australia 7 Rape. Drug offences (3). Obtaining property by deception. Theft. Conspiracy to defraud.
Denmark 1 Forgery.
France 2 Obtaining property by deception. 1 Obtaining property by deception.
Federal Republic of Germany 3 Theft (3).
India 2 Obtaining property by deception (2).
Italy 5 Conspiracy to murder. Murder (2). Burglary. Robbery. 1 Conspiracy to murder.
Malta 1 Forgery.
Nigeria 1 Theft.
Singapore 1 Conspiracy. 1 Conspiracy.
United States 1 Drug offences.
Yugoslavia 1 Theft. 1 Theft.

sufficient evidence had been produced to justify committal.

There has been one occasion in the past five years when a fugitive committed for surrender by the courts was not surrendered at the discretion of the Secretary of State. This concerned the request from Malta to which the table for 1977 refers. The decision was reached largely on humanitarian grounds.

1976
Country Number of persons Principal offence in each case Number of persons not committed by magistrate on any charge Principal offence with which persons referred to in column (4) were charged or of which they were convicted
Australia 1 Obtaining property by deception.
Belgium 1 Forgery.
Canada 3 Obtaining property by deception.
Theft (2).
Finland 1 Forgery. 1 Forgery.
France 2 Theft (2). 1 Theft.
Federal Republic of Germany. 2 Murder. Obtaining properly by deception.
Gibraltar 1 Murder.
Italy 1 Burglary 1 Burglary.
Netherlands 1 Attempted murder.
New Zealand 2 Conspiracy to cheat and defraud (2).
Spain 1 Burglary. 1 Burglary.

1975
Country Number of persons Principal offence in each case Number of persons not committed by magistrate on any charge Principal offence with which persons referred to in column (4) were charged or of which they were convicted
Australia 3 Theft. Conspiracy to cheat and defraud (2).
Bermuda 1 Theft.
Canada 1 Theft.
France 1 Murder.
Federal Republic of Germany. 3 Murder. Robbery Rape.
Greece 1 Theft.
Hong Kong 1 Bribery
New Zealand 1 Theft.
Nigeria 1 Theft. 1 Theft.
Sweden 1 Drug offences.
United States 2 Drug offences. Wounding with intent. 1 Wounding with intent.

1974
Country Number of persons Principal offence in each case Number of persons not committed by magistrate on any charge Principal offence with which persons referred to in column (4) were charged or of which they were convicted
Austria 1 Burglary. 1 Burglary.
Canada 2 Robbery.
Theft.
Federal Republic of Germany. 3 Robbery.
Forgery (2).
Norway 1 Rape.
Sierra Leone 1 Theft. 1 Theft.
Sweden 1 False accounting. 1 False accounting.
Switzerland 1 Murder.
United States 2 Indecent assault.
Theft.