Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to seek formal cooperative relations with the EU's Judicial Cooperation Unit after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government recently set out its proposals for an ambitious strategic agreement with the EU that provides a comprehensive framework for our future security, law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation that delivers the capabilities our operational partners need to keep our people safe.

Our proposals are set out in “Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice – a future partnership paper” which was published on 18 September, available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-law-enforcement-and-criminal-justice-a-future-partnership-paper.

The details of the UK’s future relationship with the EU, including our cooperation with agencies such as the European Policing Office (Europol) and the EU's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust) will be subject to negotiation. Public safety in the UK and the rest of Europe will therefore be at the heart of this aspect of our negotiations.