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According to the House of Lords paper, Britain lost substantial access to policing information after it exited the bloc. This depletion means police officers could take much longer to
receive key information, peers have warned. Despite this concern, a government spokesman said the UK "continues to be one of the safest countries in the world”. The Justice
Sub-Committee and the Lords EU Security have been looking into details of the deal struck at the end of last year. According to the UK Parliament website, the paper inspects “the provisions
in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), signed by the UK and EU on December 24, 2020, which set out detailed arrangements to facilitate UK-EU cooperation on a range of EU policing and
criminal justice measures.” The report acknowledges the Government’s efforts in reaching a deal on key policing matters, but it also raises security concerns that might affect the UK. The
report reads: “First, it highlights that the UK will no longer have access to the Schengen Information System (SIS II), used extensively, pre-Brexit, by UK law enforcement agencies to obtain
real-time information about the movement of criminals, missing persons and objects of interest. “Moreover, it finds that the system those agencies will use instead, the Interpol I-24/7
database, does not yet provide them with the same information at the same speed. “The report also raises concerns about the potential fragility of the arrangements in Part Three, which it
notes can be suspended, or even terminated if the UK does not remain in step with changes to EU data protection laws, or if UK is found to have breached fundamental rights when handling
personal data.” Lastly, the document advises that Parliament continues to oversee “the implementation and effectiveness of many of Part Three’s provisions, which it concludes are complex,
and, in many cases, are untested or yet to be finalised.” Committee chairman Lord Ricketts, a former national security adviser, said the Government had "succeeded in avoiding an abrupt
end to years of effective UK-EU joint working, which would have put the safety of citizens in the UK and across the EU at greater risk." The report comes amid rising tensions between
Britain and the bloc after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened Britain saying was no longer prepared for jab manufactured in the EU to be exported to Britain and
nations with quicker vaccine rollouts. Ms von der Leyen on Thursday urged AstraZeneca to "catch up" and "honour" its coronavirus jab deliveries to the EU. Speaking at a
press briefing, Ms von der Leyen said: “We have to and want to explain to our European citizens that they [can] get their fair share.” She added: “Companies have to honour their contract to
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