The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
continues its inquiry into possible replacements for The
European Arrest Warrant on Wednesday 5 April when it will
question two former Presidents of Eurojust.
The Committee will explore with the witnesses
how the UK might remain part of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW)
arrangement from outside the EU, as suggested by the Home
Secretary on 6 March, and whether the EU-27 would be willing to
establish ‘bespoke’ adjudication arrangements that would
replicate the functions currently performed by the CJEU.
At 10:45am the Committee will hear
from:
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Mr Mike Kennedy, Former
President, Eurojust and former Chief Operating Officer, Crown
Prosecution Service
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Mr Aled Williams, Former
President, Eurojust
Questions they are likely to ask
include:
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What are the prospects that the EU-27 would
consider extraditing their own nationals to a post-Brexit UK
that has not submitted to the CJEU’s jurisdiction?
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What are the implications of the Government’s
‘red line’ on CJEU jurisdiction for mutual recognition of
judicial decisions generally, and the European Arrest Warrant
specifically?
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What are
the prospects of the EU-27 being
willing to cooperate in creating a parallel court or similar
structure in order to accommodate the UK Government’s
objectives?
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What would be the implications if the UK were
to leave the EU without an alternative extradition arrangement
in place, falling back on the1957 Council of Europe Convention
on Extradition as a ‘default’ position?
The evidence session will start at
10:45am on Wednesday 5 April in Committee Room 3 of the House of
Lords.
