{"value":{"id":390527,"memberId":4007,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Human Rights, Ministry of Justice","uin":"HCWS126","dateMade":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Scrutiny override on the data protection regulation","text":" <p /> <p>My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice (Lords Minister), Lord Faulks QC, attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council on the 16 June, where a General Approach was agreed on the General Data Protection Regulation. Notwithstanding serious concerns, the UK voted in favour of the General Approach, with a view to mitigating the negative implications of the text during the subsequent trilogue discussion, and without prejudice to our decision on the final outcome of negotiations.</p><p>My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Theresa May, provided a written ministerial statement on 23 June. This updated the House that the UK supported the general approach on the General Data Protection Regulation Council text as a basis for negotiations with the European Parliament. It is with regret that I am informing you of a scrutiny override on this dossier because the Commons Scrutiny Committee had not yet been formed when the Justice and Home Affairs Council took place.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":31,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":390552,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-07-16T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/390527","method":"GET"}]}