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Extradition Law Committee - timeline

Follow the Extradition Committee's timeline here. Links to individual oral evidence sessions and transcripts are below. The Committee's report was published on 10 March 2015. The Government published its response on 20 July 2015.

Appointment
Call for evidence
Timetable
Public evidence sessions
Reports

Appointment

The Extradition Law Committee was appointed on 12 June 2014.

Call for evidence

A call for evidence was published on the 24 July 2014.

Timetable

Wednesday 18 June 2014 at 10.30am

The Committee met in private.

Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 10.30am

The Committee held a private Launch Seminar.

Tuesday 29 July 2014 at 9.20am

The Committee visited Westminster Magistrates' Court

Wednesday 7 January 2015 at 10.00am

The Committee met in private.

Public evidence sessions

Tuesday 8 July 2014 at 10.40am

Watch the Tuesday 8 July evidence session
Read the Tuesday 8 July transcript

Evidence was heard from members of the Baker Review panel

Wednesday 16 July 2014

Watch the Wednesday 16 July evidence session
Read the Wednesday 16 July transcript

At 10.40am

Jago Russell, Chief Executive, Fair Trials International
Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation, London Office of the European Commission
John R Spencer, Professor Law, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Selwyn College

At 11.30am

James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration and Security

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Watch the Wednesday 23 July evidence session
Read the Wednesday 23 July transcript (Panel 1)
Read the Wednesday 23 July transcript (Panel 2)

At 10.10am

Roger Burlingame, formerly a US prosecutor now based in London
Isabella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty

At 11.30am

Amy Jeffress, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP (by videolink)

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Watch the Wednesday 15 October evidence session
Read the Wednesday 15 October transcript

At 10.10am

Nick Vamos, Head of Extradition, Crown Prosecution Service
Sue Patten, Head of Specialist Fraud Division, Crown Prosecution Service

At 11.00am

Edward Grange, Associate, Hodge Jones & Allen LLP
Rebecca Niblock, Associate, Kingsley Napley LLP

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Watch the Wednesday 22 October evidence session
Read the Wednesday 22 October transcript (Panel 1)
Read the Wednesday 22 October transcript (Panel 2)

At 10.10am

Daniel Sternberg, Barrister, 9-12 Bell Yard
Ben Keith, Barrister, Five St Andrew's Hill
Paul Garlick QC, Barrister, Furnival Chambers

At 11.00am

Professor Rodney Morgan, Human Rights Implementation Centre, Bristol University
Dr Kimberly Trapp, Faculty of Laws, University College London
Sheriff Kenneth Maciver
Mark Summers QC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Watch the Wednesday 29 October evidence session
Read the Wednesday 29 October transcript

At 10.20am

Judge Howard Riddle, Senior District Judge and Chief Magistrate
Judge Emma Arbuthnot, Deputy Senior District Judge and Deputy to Chief Magistrate
District Judge John Zani

At 11.20am

Hilda Massey, Deputy Director Legal Aid Policy, Ministry of Justice
Hugh Barrett, Director of Legal Aid Commissioning and Strategy, Ministry of Justice