It will be recalled that the draft of a Discussion Paper by Professor I. A. Shearer on the Scheme Relating to the Rendition of Fugitive Offenders within the Commonwealth was circulated to Law Ministers in November last year. The Governments of Sri Lanka and Jamaica have since forwarded their preliminary views on his paper, and these are contained in LMM(80)6 and LMM(80)7. It did not prove possible in the time available to arrange for Professor Shearer's paper to be revised and so his paper is attached substantially in its original form.