Recommendation 8

The UK’s loss of access to SIS II has the potential to create delays in UK law enforcement agencies receiving arrest warrant notices when the location of the suspect is not known, if partner agencies in EU Member States do not routinely enter arrest warrant notices into the Interpol I-24/7 database. We would hope that, given the UK’s historical role in Interpol and the demonstrable benefits for pan-European safety and security, this would be something that EU Member States would support and encourage. The Government must set out how it plans to mitigate, limit or eliminate delays in receiving arrest warrants and operational information from EU partners following the loss of access to SIS II. The Government and relevant UK law enforcement agencies must also set out how it plans to encourage partner agencies in EU Member States to enter arrest warrants into the Interpol I-24/7 database to mitigate the operational loss of SIS II. (Paragraph 63) Cross-border information sharing