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Extradition: Hong Kong

Commons · Question 82181 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that no person is extradited to Hong Kong for an act that is not a crime in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 23 Oct 2025

The UKs extradition framework, governed by the Extradition Act 2003,enshrines the principle of dual criminality.This legal requirement means that no person can be extradited from the UK unless the conduct in question would also constitute a criminal offen...