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Extradition: Members

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 11682

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 127538 on Members: Extradition, whether his Department has a policy on whether the Speaker of the House of Commons should be (a) informed or (b) consulted if extradition is sought by a foreign government of a sitting Member of Parliament.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Extradition requests are processed in accordance with the statutory framework set out in the Extradition Act 2003, which applies equally irrespective of a person's status or occupation. More widely it is longstanding Government practice and policy neither to confirm nor deny existence of individual extradition requests.

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