May we bring an end to these individual cases from right hon. and hon. Members?
I am glad that the ““costa del crime”” has been shut down thanks to enhanced European co-operation. I put it to hon. Members on both sides that in a few years' time it might be to our country's advantage to have an effective prosecutor's office working to ensure that the people whom we bring to justice can face inquiry and remedy. I accept that the Bill will pass, but I am nervous about saying to our European colleagues, ““Forget that idea, because we will have to have a referendum on it first.”” I do not want to use hyperbole, but were I a trafficker or someone who did not want to be brought to justice on a trans-frontier basis, I would be quite happy to see a referendum take place before effective action could be taken against me.
European Union Bill
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Denis MacShane
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
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