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UK-EU: House of Lords European Union Committee assessment of potential opt out of police and criminal justice measures

23 April 2013

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UK: House of Lords European Union Committee: EU police and criminal justice measures: The UK’s 2014 opt-out decision (pdf)

"On the basis of the evidence we have received we do not consider that the Government have made a convincing case for exercising the opt-out. We are not persuaded by the arguments in favour of exercising the opt-out which some witnesses have made, and we find that the evidence supports the reasoning of those opposed to its exercise. Opting out of the police and criminal justice measures would have significant adverse negative repercussions for the internal security of the United Kingdom and the administration of criminal justice in the United Kingdom.

"We do not believe that any possible alternative arrangements, which would involve a great deal of work to conceive, would be worth it simply to avoid the jurisdiction of the CJEU, which we do not believe poses an objective threat and whose jurisdiction in this area cannot be completely excluded in any event."

See also: EU crime optouts 'could damage UK crime fighting' (BBC, link)

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