§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 22 June,Official Report, column 178, if he will propose that regulations with Switzerland on bilateral agreements include extradition for tax evasion.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe Foreign Affairs Council agreed in November 1993 that the priority areas for negotiations with Switzerland were road transport,682W aviation, research, free movement of people, trade in agricultural goods, public procurement and technical barriers to trade. Extradition is not a matter of Community competence. The United Kingdom has reciprocal extradition arrangements with Switzerland through the Council of Europe convention on extradition, but tax offences are not covered since, unlike the United Kingdom, Switzerland is not party to the relevant section of the second protocol to the convention.