Luxembourg: Justice Minister Shailesh Vara MP last week represented the UK at a meeting of EU Law Ministers in Luxembourg. Vara was attending it as his responsibilities include the EU aspects of Ministry of Justice business.
The meeting was attended by law Ministers from all EU countries and discussed various legal matters including whether to have a European Public Prosecutors’ Office, Data Protection, the Presumption of Innocence, Simplification of Public Documents as well as issues concerning the Freezing and Confiscation of goods.
This was Vara’s second such EU meeting, having previously attended one in June in Milan, Italy. Moreover, in May Vara also represented Britain at a Commonwealth Law Ministers’ meeting in Botswana where the subject for discussion was the Rule of Law.
