{"value":{"id":1190858,"memberId":4311,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State, Home Office","uin":"HLWS199","dateMade":"2020-04-28T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Council Decision on the opening of negotiations for an Agreement between the European Union and Japan for the transfer and use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to prevent and combat terrorism and other serious transnational crime","text":"<p>My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:</p><p>The UK has left the European Union. Before doing so the Government decided not to opt-in to the Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations with Japan on an Agreement for the transfer and use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.</p><p> </p><p>As the agreement to be negotiated will not apply to the UK it was inappropriate to opt-in to the proposed negotiating mandate.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s exit from the EU means we can determine and pursue our own policy on the international transfer and use of PNR data, with Japan and other partners, which acknowledges the significance of this valuable and unique dataset for countering terrorism and serious crime subject to safeguards ensuring respect for individuals’ fundamental rights.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1190853,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-04-28T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1190858","method":"GET"}]}