§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on prisoner swaps between the United Kingdom and other countries. [20155]
§ Dr. Liam FoxWe believe that, on humanitarian grounds, prisoners should be able to serve their sentences in their own country.
The UK is party to the Council of Europe convention on the transfer of sentenced persons and the Commonwealth scheme for the transfer of convicted offenders. In addition, we have bilateral agreements with Thailand and Egypt, and are working to conclude similar arrangements with other countries.
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