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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

Immigration: Eurodac and SIS II

Contribution

Will the Minister confirm that it has always been very strongly in the interests of the British police and other authorities to promote closer co-operation with our neighbours? I remember when I was a very junior Minister being told in Yorkshire that there was no organised crime in Britain which was not international. I also remember much earlier, in 1989, when I was director of research at Chatham House, being approached by the Metropolitan Police to ask whether we could run a seminar on how to build police co-operation with our European neighbours—after which the British police played an active role in the establishment of Europol. This is all very strongly in our national interest, and we ought to be pursuing it as closely as we can.

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