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Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Debate on Tuesday, 29 October 2013, in the House of Commons, led by James Brokenshire. The answering member was Diana Johnson.
Motion that this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 12566/13, a draft Regulation on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Co-operation (Eurojust), and No. 12558/13 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Regulation on the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). Agreed to on question.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

569 cc872-893 

Session

2013-14

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

James Brokenshire | 569 c873 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 12566/13, a draft...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 569 c873 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome what the Minister has just said about the number of votes that will ensure that a revie...


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James Brokenshire | 569 cc873-4 (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely correct. The proposal for the creation of a European public prosecutor was fra...

Lord Beith | 569 c874 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister not think it particularly unfortunate that when the functions performed by Euro...

James Brokenshire | 569 cc874-5 (Link to this contribution)

That is an important point. As my right hon. Friend will know, the Government believe that the ex...

Lady Hermon | 569 c875 (Link to this contribution)

Has the Republic of Ireland agreed to sign up to Eurojust and the European public prosecutor’s of...

James Brokenshire | 569 c875 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes an important point. The Republic of Ireland has said it will not be opting in...

John Redwood | 569 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for being so clear in identifying real problems with both proposals...

James Brokenshire | 569 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the support he offers for the Government position. We h...

Pete Wishart | 569 c875 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister mentioned the Lord Advocate of Scotland. What discussions has the Minister had with ...

James Brokenshire | 569 cc876-7 (Link to this contribution)

Consultation has taken place with the Scottish Government and with the devolved Administration in...

Lord Beith | 569 c877 (Link to this contribution)

Over the considerable period in which the subject can be discussed, can we not seek allies among ...

James Brokenshire | 569 c877 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his contribution and I know that he was consistent on t...

Diana Johnson | 569 cc877-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his characteristically thorough and detailed explanation of the motion.<...

Dominic Raab | 569 c878 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady talked about the hokey cokey of the Government’s position. Can she be clear whether...

Diana Johnson | 569 cc878-9 (Link to this contribution)

I shall come later in my remarks to what I think the Government should have been doing leading up...

Mark Reckless | 569 c879 (Link to this contribution)

I find it difficult to take the hon. Lady’s point in respect of what the Government are doing. Is...

Diana Johnson | 569 c879 (Link to this contribution)

I shall come on to some of the issues that the Government should have been considering in the lea...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 569 c879 (Link to this contribution)

Has the hon. Lady ever tried to have a conversation on these issues with Commissioner Reding? It ...

Diana Johnson | 569 c879 (Link to this contribution)

Clearly, I am not in government, so I am not in a position to have such conversations, but it is ...

John Redwood | 569 c879 (Link to this contribution)

Do the hon. Lady and her party agree that we do not want more transfers of power over our crimina...

Diana Johnson | 569 cc879-880 (Link to this contribution)

As I just said, we are interested in trying to deal with crimes such as human trafficking, financ...

Lady Hermon | 569 c880 (Link to this contribution)

Unfortunately, special arrangements will also have to be considered for Northern Ireland, because...

Diana Johnson | 569 c880 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is right that the National Crime Agency does not cover Northern Ireland. I am grate...

Henry Smith | 569 c881 (Link to this contribution)

With respect, the hon. Lady has still not answered the question that my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Diana Johnson | 569 c881 (Link to this contribution)

I think that I made it very clear to the hon. Gentleman that we will not be opposing the motion t...

James Brokenshire | 569 c881 (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to clarify that the existing Eurojust measure was on the list of 35 measures that we w...

Diana Johnson | 569 cc881-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for that clarification.

When did the Government actually get ...

Lord Beith | 569 cc882-3 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on one point and disagr...

Jim Shannon | 569 c883 (Link to this contribution)

Does the right hon. Gentleman share the concern of many in this House, including the Minister, ov...

Lord Beith | 569 cc883-4 (Link to this contribution)

There are many dangers in playing with those statistics. Not least, the objective of a 100% convi...

Dominic Raab | 569 cc884-5 (Link to this contribution)

This motion must be considered in the context of the EU’s wider ambitions for a single policy on ...

James Brokenshire | 569 c885 (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to assure my hon. Friend that, if there were a subsequent recommendation to opt back i...

Dominic Raab | 569 cc885-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for setting out the Government’s position with admirable clarity.

Give...

Mark Reckless | 569 c886 (Link to this contribution)

When my hon. Friend was a witness in the Home Affairs Committee, he recommended that, in respect ...

Dominic Raab | 569 c886 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is, as ever, spot on. Each area is fundamentally functionally different, but Front...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 569 cc886-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Wa...

Lord Beith | 569 c887 (Link to this contribution)

The phrase corpus juris is rather misleading—all it means is “body of law”. The hon. Gentleman is...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 569 cc887-9 (Link to this contribution)

I fully accept that fact. I am just trying to outline what this big change would mean when, accor...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 569 cc889-890 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) and for...

James Brokenshire | 569 cc890-2 (Link to this contribution)

We have had a full and lively debate, characterised in customary fashion by the contribution of m...

EC documents

12566/13;12558/13
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