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European Union (Amendment) Bill

I accept what the Minister is saying, providing that we can come back to the point and reach a satisfactory answer. But in response to the points made by my noble friend Lord Lamont on the arrest warrant, would she care to take the opportunity to confirm—she has already done so in a Written Answer—that the crime of xenophobia will not be applied in this country and that people found guilty of it, or alleged to have committed it, will not be extradited under these new powers under the European arrest warrant? That would be helpful and encouraging for those of us who fear that, if we continue to speak against the European Union when it acquires legal personality and has in effect become a state, we will be committing the crime of xenophobia. If it is so ridiculous then it would be good to have her confirmation that that will never happen. I would feel somewhat more comfortable.