European Arrest Warrant, Europol and Eurojust Debate
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(4 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberNot that I have heard. The agreement we are negotiating should provide for co-operation. But we will have left the EU.
My noble friend talks about political interference. This, to many of us, smacks of political interference: fixing something that is not broken. Time and again in the last two or three years, Ministers on the Front Bench have indicated the value of these arrangements. Why are we walking away from them?
My Lords, there are areas in which we will attempt to have very similar arrangements to those we have now with the EU. As I said, this will be very similar operationally to the EAW, but with enhanced safeguards.