Pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures: the UK’s opt-in decision

This report was the UK House of Commons Home Affairs Committee's response to the House's invitation of 15 July 2013, together with the Justice and European Scrutiny Committees, to submit a report by the end of October 2013 relevant to the exercise of the block opt-out of pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures, before the start of negotiations between the UK Government and the European Commission, Council and other EU member states on measures which the UK wished to rejoin following exercise of the block opt-out.

• Primary Source

UK: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee: 9th Report (2013-14)HC 615 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmhaff/615/615.pdf

UK: UK Parliament, News, 31.10.13: MPs call for Commons vote on European Arrest Warrant http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news/131031-pre-lisbon-rpt-pubn/

ESO: Background information: European Arrest Warrant needs reform, say MPs http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-arrest-warrant-needs-reform-say-mps/

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