| Heading: |
Bangladesh: Extradition |
| Question ID: |
1813809 |
| UIN: |
HL8551 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4123 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wharton of Yarm
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| Asking Member handle: |
jameswhartonuk
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jameswhartonuk
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help the government of Bangladesh to extradite individuals in the United Kingdom who are accused of corruption in Bangladesh. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
All extradition requests received by the UK are subject to an independent legal process, with clear safeguards and protections set out in the Extradition Act 2003. The UK Government does not intervene in any of these judicial decisions. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |