Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties on the exchange of information on third country nationals and European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), Justice and Home Affairs, in the EP in Brussels. Claude MORAES announces that the report is adopted with 45 votes in favour, 2 against and 4 abstentions and statement by Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK), Rapporteur.

Brussels

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

MORAES, Claude (S&D, UK)

KIRKHOPE, Timothy (ECR, UK)

ECRIS (T)

Exchange of information on third country nationals and European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS): extracts from the vote on the report by Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK)

Claude MORAES, Chair Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs announcing the opening of the vote on the report KIRKHOPE on Exchange of information on third country nationals and European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS).

Cutaway of the rapporteur Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK)

Various shots of members voting (6 shots)

<p>Shot of meeting room screen showing Claude MORAES, Chair Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs saying the Kirkhope report is adopted with 45 votes in favour, 2 against and 4 abstentions, and that the vote for the opening of the negotiations was adopted with 44 votes to 4 with 2 abstentions, and then proceeds to congratulate the rapporteur. (2 shots)</p>

SOUNDBITE (English), Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK), Rapporteur, I received 455 votes in favour of my report and only 2 against. which actually is not only a substantial majority but also very encouraging, to show that the committee was completely united in the need to have this particular measure.