October EU Council Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

October EU Council

David Hanson Excerpts
Monday 22nd October 2018

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Hanson Portrait David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
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There have been several hundred extradition agreements between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in recent years. What progress has the Prime Minister made on securing the European arrest warrant for future use after March?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am well aware of the impact that the European arrest warrant had on the ability to extradite between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which is one of the reasons—there are others—why we have been working with the European Union, and made good progress, on that and other aspects of internal security.