It is not the case that the Scottish Government knew nothing about this until last week. The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire), visited Scotland in January and met the Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, and ACPO Scotland. He also visited Northern Ireland and met the Justice Minister, David Ford, to discuss these issues in relation to Northern Ireland.
2014 JHA Opt-out Decision
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness May of Maidenhead
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on 2014 JHA Opt-out Decision.
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