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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Backbench Business

"May I add my thanks to you for how you have chaired this debate, Mr Evans? In closing, let me briefly say that there is a surprising amount of agreement in the Chamber, considering that we are on the verge of what I suspect will be a rather fiery election …..."
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Written Question
Extradition: Romania
Friday 27th January 2017

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals have been extradited from the UK to Romania in each of the last three years under the European Arrest Warrant.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

In July 2014 the Government published Command Paper 8897, which included an impact assessment for the UK opting back into the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).

A copy of the Command Paper can be found at: -

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326699/41670_Cm_8897_Print_Ready.pdf

Each year the National Crime Agency publishes statistics on the number of EAWs received by the UK.

These figures include a breakdown of the number of surrenders under an EAW to each participating country. These figures are published at: -

www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics

Written Question
European Arrest Warrants
Friday 27th January 2017

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the police of enforcing the European Arrest Warrant in each of the last five years.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

In July 2014 the Government published Command Paper 8897, which included an impact assessment for the UK opting back into the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).

A copy of the Command Paper can be found at: -

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/326699/41670_Cm_8897_Print_Ready.pdf

Each year the National Crime Agency publishes statistics on the number of EAWs received by the UK.

These figures include a breakdown of the number of surrenders under an EAW to each participating country. These figures are published at: -

www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics

Written Question
Refugees: Children
Friday 27th January 2017

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the child refugees who were brought to the UK from Calais in 2016 have been subsequently assessed as being over the age of 18.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Home Office publish the number of age dispute cases raised and resolved for asylum claimants in the Immigration Statistics release each quarter, in table 10 q:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572377/asylum3-q3-2016-tables.ods

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

"I think that the hon. Lady has just made the point that I wanted to raise, which is that that principle means that we have to accept that justice systems across the rest of the EU are as good as ours. Does she have confidence that that is the case?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

"My hon. Friend is making some good points, but would he concur, given that we are fellow members of the Council of Europe, that some of the prison systems that he and I have probably both visited simply do not come up to British standards? I would mention Greece in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

"I think that, in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks, it was recognised that something had to be done to speed up extradition processes and reduce the amount of bureaucracy involved. That, in addition to the fact that some career criminals seemed to be using countries such as Spain—the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

"My hon. Friend makes an important point.

I have listened with great interest to what has been said in this debate. I was of course a supporter of Brexit, but that in no way means I oppose the EAW or the principles behind it...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

"I do not deny that for one moment; the EAW has led to some very important results for us, where we have had terrorists and other serious criminals either extradited out of or back to the UK. As my hon. Friend knows, I served as a special constable for eight …..."
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Written Question
Extradition: Romania
Tuesday 17th January 2017

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests she has received from the Romanian government for the extradition of UK residents under the European Arrest Warrant since 13 July 2016.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

Each year the National Crime Agency publishes statistics on the number of European Arrest Warrants (EAW) received by the UK.

These figures include a breakdown of the number of EAWs received from each country by nationality of the person requested and offence. These figures are published at http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics