Extradition
(asked on 29th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the designated authority in their proposed changes to extradition in the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill; and whether any such changes will be independent of (1) ministerial, and (2) police, influence.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government’s intention is to designate the National Crime Agency, which is the UK’s National Central Bureau for Interpol, as the designated authority for the purposes of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill.
The NCA is the law enforcement agency responsible for leading the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime and is operationally independent of the Home Office.
As the designated authority it will be for the NCA to decide whether to certify or not a particular arrest request. The arrested person will have to be brought before a judge within 24 hours to consider their detention.