Lords debate Committee's report on security and police cooperation after Brexit

3 Feb 2017 04:35 PM

On Tuesday 7 February, the House of Lords debates the Committee's report on tools that currently facilitate police and security cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union, and the options available to the Government for retaining or replacing them when the UK leaves the EU.

Background

Maintaining the strong security cooperation the UK currently has with the European Union has been identified by the Government as one its top four overarching objectives in the forthcoming negotiations on the UK's exit from, and future relationship with, the European Union. Only two years ago, many of the measures and agencies the UK is now due to leave were deemed vital by the then Home Secretary in order to "stop foreign criminals from coming to Britain, dal with European fighters coming back from Syria, stop British criminals evading justice abroad, prevent foreign criminals evading justice by hiding here, and get foreign criminals out of our prisons." These measures and agencies include the European Arrest Warrant, Europol, Eurojust, the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the European Criminal Records Information System.

The Debate

The debate follows the publication of a report by the EU Home Affairs Committee which examined the main tools and agencies that underpin security and police cooperation between the UK and EU, and explored the options available to the Government for retaining or replacing them when the UK leaves the EU. The report was published on the 16th December 2016.

The Committee's main conclusions included:

Speakers in the Debate

Other members of the House of Lords who are due to speak in the debate can be viewed on the Speakers' List.

Further information