Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to news the House of Lords will be voting on all 35 police and justice measures the United Kingdom is opting into, said:
“This is just more shambles and confusion from David Cameron and Theresa May. It’s completely undemocratic to deny the House of Commons a vote on the European Arrest Warrant and the full 35 measures, but to try to slip one through in the House of Lords instead.
“The Home Secretary should now admit she got this completely wrong, and immediately hold a vote in the Commons on the 24 measures MPs wanted to vote on this week, but weren’t given the chance - including the European Arrest Warrant. There is no reason for her not do this, except that she is still running scared of the eurosceptics in her own party.”
House of Lords motion:
†Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 Lord Bates to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 November be approved, and to move to resolve that this House thereby endorses the Government’s formal application to rejoin 35 European Union Justice and Home Affairs measures.13th Report (Session 2012–13) and 5th Report (Session 2013–14) from the European Union Committee, 12th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (special attention drawn to the instrument), 13th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 1st Report from the Extradition Law Committee