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Presumption of Innocence and EU Law

Debate on Monday, 10 February 2014, in the House of Commons, led by Shailesh Vara. The answering member was Andy Slaughter.
Motion that this House considers that the Draft Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings (European Union Document No. 17621/13 and Addenda 1 to 3) does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity, for the reasons set out in the annex to Chapter One of the Thirty-second Report of the European Scrutiny Committee (HC 83-xxix); and, in accordance with Article 6 of Protocol (No. 2) annexed to the EU Treaties on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, instructs the Clerk of the House to forward this reasoned opinion to the Presidents of the European Institutions. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
575 cc666-679 
Session
2013-14
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Shailesh Vara | 575 cc667-8 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House considers that the Draft Directive on the strengthening of c...

Lord Beith | 575 c668 (Link to this contribution)

The point that I am about to make will not necessarily appeal to all the Minister’s colleagues. W...


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Shailesh Vara | 575 cc668-9 (Link to this contribution)

As always, my right hon. Friend makes a relevant point. For the purposes of today’s debate, howev...

William Cash | 575 c669 (Link to this contribution)

Given the great significance that my hon. Friend has rightly given to the contents of our report ...

Shailesh Vara | 575 c669 (Link to this contribution)

As always, my hon. Friend shows his great knowledge of this area, right up to the minute. He will...

Julian Smith | 575 c669 (Link to this contribution)

Does the story that the Minister has just told make him feel that, given the new landscape of the...

Shailesh Vara | 575 c669 (Link to this contribution)

We need to consider a lot of things in terms of our future relationship and, as my hon. Friend wi...

William Cash | 575 c669 (Link to this contribution)

On the red card, does my hon. Friend accept that, in line with the fourth principle of the Bloomb...

Shailesh Vara | 575 c670 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend, as always, makes a relevant and pertinent point, but he will appreciate that I am...

Andy Slaughter | 575 cc670-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will try to follow the Minister’s example and be commendably brief—I do not anticipate being in...

William Cash | 575 c672 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad to say that the two Front-Bench speeches have combined to encapsulate all the arguments...

David Nuttall | 575 c672 (Link to this contribution)

On that point, surely the Commission will not regard the Scottish Parliament’s submission as rele...

William Cash | 575 cc672-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because I rather agree with him. Whatever ...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 575 c673 (Link to this contribution)

While my hon. Friend is talking about the yellow card system, is it not worth pointing out that t...

William Cash | 575 cc673-4 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend, as ever, is completely correct. In the case of the European public prosecutor, th...

Richard Shepherd | 575 cc674-5 (Link to this contribution)

I just want to add a few words to this conversation. I commend the hon. Member for Hammersmith (M...

David Nuttall | 575 cc675-6 (Link to this contribution)

Let me start, Mr Speaker, by apologising for missing the Minister’s opening comments.

I tha...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 575 c676 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend take the comfort that I do from the Government’s firm stance, in that even if...

David Nuttall | 575 c676 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. I for one certainly hope that the Government will not feel that it is necessary to bo...

William Cash | 575 c676 (Link to this contribution)

Has my hon. Friend noticed that this matter has received almost no coverage in the media, particu...

David Nuttall | 575 cc676-7 (Link to this contribution)

The Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, as ever on these matters, is right. This proposa...

Shailesh Vara | 575 c677 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Members who have contributed to this debate. It is good to see that there is...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 575 c677 (Link to this contribution)

Is it not open to the House to amend the 1972 Act?

Shailesh Vara | 575 c677 (Link to this contribution)

Given the Prime Minister’s assurance that we will try to renegotiate a whole series of measures, ...

William Cash | 575 c678 (Link to this contribution)

I am bound to point out that the 1972 Act was passed in pursuance of the 1971 White Paper. The 19...

Shailesh Vara | 575 c678 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a good point, but I repeat that there is not long to go. If there is a Conse...

David Nuttall | 575 c678 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that confirmation but I wonder whether the Minister misspoke. He said 12 March....

Shailesh Vara | 575 c678 (Link to this contribution)

I did indeed mean 12 February and my hon. Friend is right to pick me up on that.

This is an...

EC documents
17621/13
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