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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 October 2026

Debate

National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug Dealing

Contribution

My Lords, I remember a senior policeman saying what an enormous benefit the creation of Europol had been in improving co-operation on cross-border crime with our neighbours. Unfortunately, we lost that when we left the European Union. Can the Minister tell us how close we have come to rebuilding those relations with an agency the British used to lead?

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