§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether valid evidence has been provided by Germany, whereby Mr. Kani Yilmaz might be extradited for trial; and whether they will request that he be granted bail, pending a decision on his case by the High Court, since he has been held under maximum security conditions for one year in HMP Belmarsh.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)The documents provided by the German Government in support of its extradition request for Kani Yilmaz, also known as Faisal Dunlayici, comply fully with the requirements laid down in the Extradition Act 1989 and the European Convention on Extradition. As I made clear in my Written Answer of 22 June (col.WA28), there is no requirement for a prima facie case to be made out where the requesting state is a signatory to the convention. Decisions on bail are a matter for the courts and it would not be proper for the Government to make such an approach.