Police and Justice Bill

I rise to speak in support of new clause 8, which stands in the name of the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) and his colleagues, and in mine. I do not wish to repeat large parts of what the hon. Gentleman has said. He and I have not disagreed at any stage in our interpretation and construction of what this extradition treaty means for British citizens. I simply chide him gently on one point, of which he will be aware: on consideration of the statutory instrument that dealt with the provision, the Conservatives, unlike my colleagues and I, were unable to vote against it. That was a mistaken view on their part.