Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
11 March 2026
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Northern Ireland Affairs Committee House of Commons
00:01 - 00:24
Speaker 1
Order. Welcome to the Northern Ireland affairs select committee. This is our inquiry on policing and security in Northern Ireland. And welcome to Gemma Davis, associate professor of law at Durham University. Gemma, how would you assess the current level of cross border collaboration between the PSNI and the Angarda Sushana?
00:24 - 01:24
Speaker 2
I would assess it as being strong and resilient. So the work that we have done has revealed that there has been long term and deep cooperation between both sides, that that is largely supported through the Brexit process. And in fact, to a certain extent, Brexit was able to shine a light on cross border cooperation, and it provided some impetus to actually improve structures that were already there. So I would say that cooperation is good, but that doesn't mean that leaving the European Union meant that there we lost certain access to certain cooperation mechanisms. And if something is not legally permissible, then that that cannot occur between either side, if that makes sense.
So if we lose the ability to share certain types of information, that cannot be overcome by good bilateral cooperation. And
01:25 - 01:31
Speaker 1
are there areas that you've highlighted where the relationship could be improved further and how?
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