§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons wanted by the police in Scotland in connection with terrorist murders and other terrorist offences are now reported to be in the Republic of Ireland; how many such are now reported to be in other foreign countries; and what requests for extradition have been made.
§ Mr. RifkindIn Scotland crimes are not separately classified by motive, and terrorist murders or other offences are therefore not specifically recorded as such. One person, who was arrested in 1973 in the Republic of Ireland on a Scottish warrant relating to an offence claimed to have been committed on behalf of the Irish Republican Army and who successfully appealed against extradition, is believed still to be in the Republic. No other warrants have been issued, and no other requests for extradition have been made, in similar circumstances.