{"value":{"id":1129413,"memberId":4048,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State for Immigration","uin":"HCWS1588","dateMade":"2019-06-04T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"False and Authentic Documents Online (FADO) System - Schengen Opt-out Decision","text":"<p>The Government has decided not to opt out of the draft Regulation that establishes a new legislative basis for FADO and repeals Joint Action 98/700/JHA.</p><p>This is a continuing measure and the Government values the benefits of FADO. It is a very useful EU tool which helps us to validate identity and travel documents, primarily for border, immigration and wider law enforcement purposes. It is a database which contains detailed images of genuine travel and identity documents issued by EU member states and false documents encountered at the border and elsewhere.</p><p>We have always been a key contributor to the FADO database and the draft Regulation will ensure the continuity and development of FADO. The FADO system itself will remain fundamentally unchanged.</p><p>Until the UK leaves the EU we remain a full member, and the Government will continue to consider the application of the UK’s opt-out from EU legislation on a case by case basis, with a view to maximising the UK’s efforts to collaborate with EU on a security partnership once the UK leaves the EU.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":5,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1129415,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2019-06-04T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1129413","method":"GET"}]}