Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that no person is extradited to Hong Kong for an act that is not a crime in the UK.

The UKs extradition framework, governed by the Extradition Act 2003,enshrines the principle of dual criminality.

This legal requirement means that no person can be extradited from the UK unless the conduct in question would also constitute a criminal offence under UK law.

In addition, all UK extradition cooperation is underpinned by strong legalsafeguards operationalised by independent UK courts who have extensive powers to bar extradition where it is politically motivated or where it would beagainst an individual’s human rights.