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I am listening intently to what my right hon. Friend is saying. We should listen to ACPO, but I do not think that in its

evidence to the House of Lords Committee ACPO made the argument that he is making in his speech. In respect of fugitives coming to the UK, there is no reason, in or out of the European arrest warrant, why we cannot just deport them. Deportation powers would provide a much quicker route even than extradition under the European arrest warrant. The wider question is whether we could get people back. That is an important point, but ACPO’s evidence focused on the latter, not the former.

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Reference

584 c518 

Session

2014-15

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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