MPs debate EU Justice and Home Affairs measures

EU Justice and Home Affairs measures

Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, moved the Opposition motion for debate on EU Justice and Home Affairs measures. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mrs Theresa May, responded on behalf of the Government.

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Relevant documents

• Twenty-first Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, Session 2013-14, The UK’s block opt-out of pre-Lisbon criminal law and policing measures, HC 683
• 2nd Special Report - The UK's block opt–out of pre–Lisbon criminal law and policing measures: Government Response to the Committee's Twenty-first Report of Session 2013–14, HC 978
• Seventeenth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, The UK’s block opt-out decision: summary and update Report, HC 762
• Nineteenth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, Documents considered by the Committee on 5 November 2014, HC 219-xviii
• Ninth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2013-14, Pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures: the UK’s opt-in decision, HC 615
• 4th Special Report - Pre–Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures: the UK’s 2014 opt–in decision: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 954
• Eighth Report from the Justice Committee, Session 2013-14, Ministry of Justice measures in the JHA block opt-out, HC 605
• 3rd Special Report - Ministry of Justice measures in the JHA block opt-out: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2013–14, HC 972
• First Joint Report from the European Scrutiny, Home Affairs and Justice Committees, Session 2013-14, The Government’s response to the Committee’s Reports on the 2014 block opt-out decision, HC 1177

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