Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)), on Monday, 18 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 25 members in total.

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EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

That this House notes with concern that Article 69E, Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters, of the Treaty of Lisbon provides for the creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), a judicial body in charge of investigating, with the power to order national police forces to initiate investigations; further notes with concern that the EPPO will have extensive powers and will not be accountable to the UK Parliament; believes that the creation of such a powerful undemocratic body would show complete disregard for the common law system in the UK; and calls on the Government to ensure that UK enforcement authorities continue to have sole jurisdiction in this country.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

637 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Nicholas Winterton

Ann Winterton

David Drew

Philip Davies

Subjects

Crime Administration of justice EU law

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk