Senior MPs have lined up to condemn Theresa May's handling of the process for deciding on the controversial European Arrest Warrant (EAW) ahead of Monday's crunch Commons vote.
The EAW is one of 35 European Union police and criminal justice measures the Government wants to opt back in to, with MPs expected to approve the package as a whole.
But the chairmen of three influential Commons committees have criticised the decision to hold a single vote, arguing the Commons should be able to decide on the EAW separately.
David Cameron faces a backbench revolt on the EAW, which some Tories oppose because of concerns that it is too easy for UK citizens to be extradited on relatively minor charges to countries where they may have no guarantee of a fair trial.
Supporters argue it has played a vital role in securing the return to the UK of suspects such as terrorist Hussain Osman, who fled to Italy, and Scots-born teacher Jeremy Forrest, who was returned from France to face trial over the alleged abduction of a 15-year-old girl.
Tory Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee, said: "We do not accept that the motion tabled by the Government for Monday's debate fulfils the Government's commitment to engage constructively with Parliament."
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