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Diana Johnson Excerpts
Thursday 19th July 2018

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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I am happy to reassure my hon. Friend that, as it says in the EU (Withdrawal) Act, and as is clear in the White Paper, we are going to leave on 29 March next year.

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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21. The European arrest warrant is a protection, so will the Minister update us on whether, when we leave the EU, the negotiated position that his Government will arrive at with the EU will give us the same protections that we currently have to arrest and detain criminals, which my constituents are really concerned about?

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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We are very clear in the security partnership section of the White Paper that we are seeking the same levels of protection. We are seeking to engage with the EU on how these issues can be arranged between us so that we maintain the protections that we have now.