Image copyright EPA Brexit could leave the UK “less safe” unless security co-operation with the EU is maintained, peers have warned.
Losing access to EU databases like the Schengen Information System would be an “abrupt shock” to policing, they say.
Their report says if there is “tension” between maintaining security and bringing control of laws to Westminster and say security should take priority.
The government says co-operation on security is a priority and it will do what is needed “to keep people safe”.
"Great deal to offer"The report from the Lords EU Home Affairs sub-committee concedes that security co-operation is one policy area where a “positive outcome” is in everyone"s interests.
But it warns that, as a post-Brexit UK would no longer be part of the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice – which EU states see as providing oversight and checks and balances – things might be more difficult than imagined.
“Even with the utmost goodwill on both sid..
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