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  Police and Justice Bill - New Clause 8 - Extradition to the United States of America
  
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  <p>Those voting No rejected a proposal which would have changed the effect of the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20033334.htm">Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 3334</a> which refers to the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030041.htm">Extradition Act 2003</a>. This would have made it harder for the United States to extradite British citizens to their territory.  </p>
  
  <p>The intent was to roll back the powers of a US/UK extradition treaty that had not been ratified by the US and maintain some principles of reciprocity.  </p>
  
  <p>The clause was being proposed as a rider for the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/104/2006104.htm">Police and Justice Bill</a> in which it arguably doesn't belong, in an attempt to address the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4735292.stm">pending extradition case</a> of the Enron bankers.  </p>
  
  
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