Rwanda Treaty Debate

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Department: Home Office
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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My Lords, I do not know the answer to that. Part of the reason that I do not know the answer is that so much of this activity takes place on foreign shores.

Viscount Waverley Portrait Viscount Waverley (CB)
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My Lords, on costs and criminal gangs, may I ask for clarity following my question yesterday and the Minister’s response? Have the Government fulfilled all extradition requests by the Government of Rwanda on matters relating to genocide and war crimes—and if not, why not? Or is there a reticence by HMG to do so, and if so, why?

Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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I will have to write to the noble Viscount about extradition requests. I do not know the answer.