Treaty on the Functioning of the EU

Oh dear, oh dear. The right hon. Lady had an opportunity to come to the House and enter into a se...

Order. Mr John Robertson, I do not know whether you consumed a high-energy breakfast or something...

The right hon. Lady referred to a motion tabled by the Opposition in an Opposition day debate, an...

My right hon. Friend’s statement simply aggravates concerns that the European Scrutiny Committee ...

We brought the proposals forward now because it is right that we have time to negotiate with the ...

To coin an immediate phrase, “Oh dear, oh dear”—a statement today. In view of the Home Secretary’...

This House will have time to consider the opt-out and the measures we seek to rejoin. Not only wi...

I congratulate the Home Secretary on her statement; it is good to hear her being so positive abou...

The European supervision order is one measure we will seek to rejoin, but there must be a negotia...

Yesterday I joined others in elevating the Home Secretary to sainthood over the Abu Qatada decisi...

I recall the remarks made by the right hon. Gentleman yesterday when I made the statement about A...

I thank the Home Secretary for coming to the House and making this statement, and for taking on b...

I apologise; I referred to this in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Stone. The reason f...

My constituents are particularly concerned about the 90% of prisoners repatriated from the UK und...

The hon. Lady refers in general to the question of foreign national prisoners and their removal f...

The Home Secretary asserts that rejoining the 35 measures will be in our national interest. Where...

I have published today in the Command Paper the explanatory memorandum, which sets out the measur...

Is there strong support across the coalition Government for the Home Secretary’s proposal to opt ...

The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley an...

The Home Secretary hopes to change how the European arrest warrant operates by amending our domes...

My hon. Friend is right in that rejoining measures means that they will come under the jurisdicti...

The Home Secretary referred to Operation Golf and the human trafficking operation, which was carr...

As I am sure the hon. Gentleman is aware, the European Commission has brought forward a proposal ...

The decision to which the Home Secretary referred today in her welcome statement was made under t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, because he enables me to answer the earlier question from my hon...

I very much welcome the Government’s decision to opt out en masse and then decide item by item on...

The decision on the form that any further vote will take in relation to these matters post negoti...

I wonder whether my right hon. Friend has forgotten the coalition agreement, which states:

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I merely remind my hon. Friend that the matters we are seeking to rejoin are ones to which we are...

The Secretary of State will know that there is great unhappiness in Scotland among the Scottish G...

As with Northern Ireland, my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary has been in touch with the Minister ...

I support my right hon. Friend’s stance in relation to the European arrest warrant, which is an i...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Not only Members of this House but the public will be d...

Fighting organised crime and terrorism in Northern Ireland is important. Extradition from the Rep...

As I have said, we have already started discussions on this issue with the Justice Minister in No...

Surely everyone who is concerned about cross-border crime should welcome the Home Secretary’s ann...

I have made our position clear on Europol. We value the work that it does. Rob Wainwright is a ve...

What happens, in practical terms, to requests for extradition, particularly for serious offences,...

Any change in the situation does not kick in until 1 December 2014, so in the interim there would...

Would the safeguards that the Home Secretary has proposed concerning the European arrest warrant ...

I believe that the measures that I intend to put through in the amendments to the Anti-social Beh...

May I give the Home Secretary another opportunity to answer the question from my hon. Friend the ...

The hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) seem to be sugges...

This is a major strategic decision for Britain, and a lot of hard work has gone into it, which is...

I recognise my hon. Friend’s interest in this issue and his expertise on these matters. It is rig...

Some of us are trying to work out whether there might be an element more of figment than fig leaf...

I find it a little difficult to see the situation in the terms in which the hon. Gentleman has de...

I congratulate the Home Secretary on the statement and on her decisions on this matter. Can she c...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right about the European arrest warrant. That is the wh...

Order. I fear that the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) suffers from CCD—compulsive chunter...

That is true.

It is true.

The Home Secretary gave some good examples of how the European arrest warrant has worked very eff...

The Government have made a very clear decision that we will opt out from these measures and seek ...

May I seek assurances from my right hon. Friend that the United Kingdom will not opt into any Eur...

I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. Indeed, our original coalition agreement s...

I am pleased that the Home Secretary has, at long last, recognised the importance of a European a...

The Minister for Europe committed to a debate in this House and there will be a debate in this Ho...

I take the view that this House should be sovereign in all these matters, but on those measures t...

The fact that measures will be subject to the European Court of Justice is one of the main issues...

I am sure that the Home Secretary will be aware of the excellent working relationship between the...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right to refer to the excellent working relationship between the Gard...

I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. I have been lobbying very hard for the block opt-out to...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right, and I recognise the concerns that he and other M...

I, too, thank the Home Secretary for her statement. The Abu Qatada situation is very much in the ...

We are absolutely clear that it is not in the competence of the European Commission or the Europe...

Would greater involvement in the European Court of Justice result in longer delays in the repatri...

No, the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice should not lead to that. The European arres...

Will Ministers meet Andrew Symeou and his family—constituents of my hon. Friend the Member for En...

Yes, I would be happy to do that. Home Office officials have looked very carefully at the Andrew ...

The Home Secretary will know that there are almost 11,000 foreign national offenders in our priso...

I can give my hon. Friend the assurance that I and my right hon. Friend the Justice Secretary are...