Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Burghart and Jeremy Wright

Thursday 8th February 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Attorney General]

I certainly agree with the last part of the hon. Gentleman’s question, but I do not accept that there is necessarily a contradiction between restricting and excluding the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union in this country and being able to have good and productive arrangements for combating crime across the European continent. That is what we seek to do, and we believe it is in the mutual interest not just of the UK but of the rest of the EU, too. That is why we are optimistic that we can negotiate.

[Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con)]

Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the European arrest warrant is just as important to our EU friends and partners as it is to us?