HL Deb 04 May 1999 vol 600 cc72-3WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Home Secretary on 15 April (HC Deb., WA 311–316), in which he specified that if an extradition request is made by a Convention State under the terms of the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 it is not necessary for the said State to furnish evidence sufficient to warrant a trial or for the court of committal to be satisfied that there is evidence sufficient to warrant the trial, whether nonetheless at a future stage of the extradition proceedings against Senator Pinochet the Home Secretary will be prepared to consider whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant the trial of Senator Pinochet. [HL2135]

Lord Burlison

In the event that Senator Pinochet is committed by the Magistrate at Bow Street to await the Secretary of State':; decision as to surrender, there is a statutory right for the Senator to make any representations he may wish to make against his surrender. The Secretary of State is under a statutory duty at that time to consider any representations made in the exercise of that right.