By James Slack PUBLISHED: 16:05 EST, 25 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:48 EST, 26 July 2012 U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is due to visit Britain this week Senior Tory, Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs are urging U.S Presidential contender Mitt Romney to support changes to the hugely controversial UK/U.S Extradition Act during his visit to Britain. In an open letter to Mr Romney, they urge him to back calls for UK and US citizens to be afforded the same legal protection. Currently, Americans enjoy legal rights which are not available to Britons such as Gary McKinnon, who the U.S is seeking to extradite for hacking into military computers while searching for evidence of little green men.
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House of Commons voted for reform of UK extradition law in December
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