§ Sir John Biggs-DavisonTo ask the Attorney-General what consultations he has had with the Attorney-General of the Irish Republic within the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference or otherwise; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have had consultations with the Attorney-General for the Republic of Ireland on four occasions since taking office.
We have discussed matters of concern to our respective responsibilities, and principally the basis upon which extradition from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom of suspected offenders can be undertaken in the light of changes at first proposed and now effected in the Republic's legislation. These consultations have resulted in a clear mutual understanding of matters that respectively concern us, and we confidently hope that in all proper cases extradition will now take place, in conformity with the new Irish legislation.