Police and Justice Bill — 7 Nov 2006 at 15:53

Those voting Content failed to carry an amendment (and one that the Commons had previously rejected) that would have given scope for an independent judge to rule on whether a defendant should be tried in Britain instead of being extradited. This would have been implemented through Schedule 14 of the Police and Justice Bill (here) which, in turn, would have amended the conditions of the Extradition Act 2003.

This failed amendment was proposed in spite of the fact that even though the 2003 Extradition Treaty had now been ratified by the United States and there was now a degree of reciprocity in extradition proceedings, the Treaty would not come into full effect until 26th April 2007 (see here) and there was still therefore an opportunity to make amendments.

Charter barrister Ben Cooper writes in the London Advocate, Number 42, September 2007 that:

The Criminal Bar Association, in conjunction with Justice, Liberty and the CBI, lobbied Parliament in November 2006 to introduce a forum amendment to the Extradition Act. However, despite a Lords' majority in favour, the government resisted its introduction. The amendment would have permitted an independent judge to decide the appropriate forum for trial where a case could be tried in either the US or the UK. This would have helped the CPS out of the difficulty that they face in acting for the USA while simultaneously considering the merits of a domestic prosecution.

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The Bishop of DurhamBishopaye
Lord Glenarthur Conaye
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)aye
Lord James of BlackheathConaye
The Earl of LiverpoolConaye
The Earl of OnslowConaye
Lord Reay Conaye
Lord Ryder of WensumConaye
Lord Tebbit Conaye
Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Lord Bridges Crossbenchaye
Baroness Fritchie Crossbenchaye
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchaye
Lord Hylton Crossbenchaye
Lord Inge Crossbenchaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbenchaye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lord Monson Crossbenchaye
Viscount Montgomery of AlameinCrossbenchaye
Lord Moore of WolvercoteCrossbenchaye
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchaye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbenchaye
Lord Rees-Mogg Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbenchno
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchno
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbenchno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchno
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Baroness D'Souza Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbenchno
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Lord Lewis of NewnhamCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Marsh Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Moser Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchno
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbenchno
Lord Tanlaw Crossbenchno
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Trimble Crossbenchno
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Browne of BelmontDUPaye
Lord Morrow DUPaye
Lord Beaumont of WhitleyGreenaye
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Lord Acton Labno
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabno
Lord Adonis Lab (minister)no
Lord Ahmed Labno
Lord Alli Labno
Baroness Amos Lab (minister)no
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabno
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)no
Lord Archer of SandwellLabno
Lord Ashley of StokeLabno
Baroness Ashton of UphollandLab (minister)no
Lord Barnett Lab (minister)no
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)tellno
Lord Berkeley Labno
Lord Bernstein of CraigweilLabno
Lord Bhattacharyya Labno
Baroness Billingham Labno
Lord Bilston Labno
Baroness Blood Labno
Lord Borrie Lab (minister)no
Lord Boyd of DuncansbyLabno
Lord Bragg Labno
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLab (minister)no
Lord Brookman Labno
Lord Burlison Labno
Lord Carter Labno
Viscount Chandos Lab (minister)no
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabno
Lord Clark of WindermereLabno
Lord Clinton-Davis Labno
Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabno
Baroness Corston Labno
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)no
Baroness David Labno
Lord Davidson of Glen ClovaLab (minister)no
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)no
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)no
Lord Donoughue Labno
Lord Drayson Lab (minister)no
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)no
Lord Evans of ParksideLabno
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLab (minister)no
Lord Evans of WatfordLabno
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)no
Baroness Falkender Labno
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLab (minister)no
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLabno
Lord Filkin Lab (minister)no
Baroness Ford Labno
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabno
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLabno
Lord Fyfe of FairfieldLabno
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)no
Lord Gavron Lab (minister)no
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)no
Baroness Golding Labno
Lord Goldsmith Lab (minister)no
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLabno
Baroness Goudie Labno
Lord Gould of BrookwoodLab (minister)no
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)no
Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)no
Lord Gregson Labno
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)tellno
Lord Harris of HaringeyLabno
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)no
Lord Hart of ChiltonLabno
Lord Haskel Lab (minister)no
Lord Haworth Labno
Baroness Henig Labno
Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)no
Baroness Hollis of HeighamLabno
Lord Howarth of NewportLabno
Lord Howie of TroonLab (minister)no
Lord Hoyle Labno
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabno
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)no
Lord Jones Labno
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLabno
Lord Jordan Labno
Lord Judd Lab (minister)no
Baroness Kingsmill Labno
Lord King of West BromwichLabno
Lord Lea of CrondallLabno
Baroness Lockwood Labno
Lord Lofthouse of PontefractLabno
Lord Macdonald of TradestonLab (minister)no
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabno
Lord Mason of BarnsleyLabno
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)no
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)no
Baroness McDonagh Labno
Lord McIntosh of HaringeyLabno
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)no
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)no
Lord Mitchell Lab (minister)no
Lord Moonie Labno
Lord Morgan Labno
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinLab (minister)no
Baroness Morgan of HuytonLabno
Lord Morris of AberavonLabno
Lord Morris of HandsworthLabno
Lord Morris of ManchesterLabno
Baroness Morris of YardleyLabno
Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLabno
Lord Parekh Labno
Lord Patel of BlackburnLabno
Lord Paul Lab (minister)no
Lord Pendry Labno
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)no
Lord Plant of HighfieldLab (minister)no
Baroness Quin Labno
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Lord Randall of St BudeauxLabno
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)no
Lord Richard Labno
Lord Rooker Lab (minister)no
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Lord Sawyer Labno
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLab (minister)no
Lord Sewel Labno
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)no
Lord Smith of LeighLabno
Lord Snape Lab (minister)no
Lord Strabolgi Labno
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLabno
Lord Temple-Morris Lab (minister)no
Baroness Thornton Labno
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)no
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)no
Lord Truscott Labno
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Baroness Turner of CamdenLabno
Lord Varley Labno
Lord Warner Lab (minister)no
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLabno
Baroness Whitaker Labno
Lord Whitty Lab (minister)no
Baroness Wilkins Lab (minister)no
Lord Williams of ElvelLab (minister)no
Lord Winston Lab (minister)no
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLab (minister)no
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLabno
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Alderdice LDemaye
Lord Alliance LDemaye
Lord Avebury LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Bradshaw LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Burnett LDemaye
Lord Chidgey LDemaye
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Cotter LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Dykes LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Ezra LDemaye
Viscount Falkland LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Garden LDem (front bench)aye
The Earl of GlasgowLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Goodhart LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Greaves LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)tellaye
Lord Holme of CheltenhamLDemaye
Lord Jacobs LDemaye
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDemaye
Lord Lee of TraffordLDemaye
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Livsey of TalgarthLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Mackie of BenshieLDemaye
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)aye
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)aye
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Methuen LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Neuberger LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Rennard LDemaye
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDemaye
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)tellaye
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemaye
Lord Taverne LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Teverson LDemaye
Baroness Thomas of WalliswoodLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDemaye
Lord Thomson of MonifiethLDemaye
Lord Tope LDemaye
Lord Tordoff LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Tyler LDemaye
Lord Vallance of TummelLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Watson of RichmondLDemaye
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemaye
Lord Laird UUPno
Lord Rogan UUPno

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