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At the moment, UK-EU co-operation on law enforcement depends on the pragmatism and good will of individual law enforcement professionals, which is not the best or most solid basis. Instead, we need formal UK-EU agreements on co-operation, in order to ensure legal certainty and consistency in the UK’s law enforcement relations with the EU. Since the reset has not so far produced much in the law enforcement field, the purpose of Amendment 26, which would require the production of an annual report on co-operation with Europol, is to encourage the Government to pursue a more formal relationship with Europol and to focus mind and effort in the years to come.