To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the German Government's request for Roisin McAliskey's extradition. [34108]

The German Government had requested Roisin McAliskey's return to stand trial for offences relating to the bombing of Osnabruck barracks in June 1996.I have decided that I will not order Roisin McAliskey's return to Germany because I consider that the medical evidence in her case would make extradition unjust or oppressive. The Home Secretary has a general discretion to refuse extradition in any individual case, and is obliged to do so if it would, having regard to all the circumstances of the individual, be unjust or oppressive to do so. This discretion is preserved in section 12 of the Extradition Act 1989.I have explained my decision to the German Government. It does not reflect in any way on the fairness of the German legal system or on the quality of the German extradition request. The United Kingdom enjoys excellent working relationships with Germany in the field of extradition and international co-operation against terrorism.