Uk-Us Extradition Treaty

EDM number 1527 in 2008-09, proposed by Chris Huhne on 19/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Crime and North America.

That this House notes that under the Extradition Act 2003 and UK-US Extradition Treaty, the United States is not required to provide prima facie evidence when requesting extradition from the UK, although the United Kingdom is still required to provide evidence to satisfy the US constitution's probable cause requirement when seeking extradition from the US; further notes that the Extradition Treaty was agreed without any recourse to Parliament; and calls on the Government to renegotiate the Extradition Treaty immediately to reinstate the requirement for prima facie evidence, and to reform the Royal Prerogative so that international agreements can no longer be entered into without meaningful reference to Parliament.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.