David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-10-24.

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of the European Arrest Warrant.

Robert Buckland

The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) provides a basis for a swift and cost-efficient extradition process between EU Member States implementing the principle of ‘mutual recognition’ of judicial decisions. The UK continues to work closely with Member States to execute EAW following the referendum.