Lords to ask former Presidents of Eurojust: how can the UK remain part of the European Arrest Warrant?
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:
- Mr Mike Kennedy, Former President, Eurojust and former Chief Operating Officer, Crown Prosecution Service
- Mr Aled Williams, Former President, Eurojust
Questions they are likely to ask include:
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.
