UK’s post-Brexit policing pact put at risk by migration laws, say peers

Committee concerned illegal migration legislation will jeopardise sharing of DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records

The UK's post-Brexit policing pact with the EU on sharing DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records could be put at risk by Suella Braverman's migration laws, a House of Lords committee has said.

Lady Hamwee, the chair of the Lords justice and home affairs committee, has written to the home secretary to say its members are particularly concerned" that the new illegal migration legislation along with new data laws could lead to the termination and/or suspension" of the security cooperation elements of the Brexit trade deal.