{"value":{"id":391578,"memberId":1091,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office","uin":"HLWS154","dateMade":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Opt in to EU REFIT Regulation","text":"<p>My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:</p><p>The UK has opted in to the Regulation (COM (2014) 715 final) repealing certain acts in the field of police co-operation and judicial co-operation in criminal matters to the extent that it applies to the European Evidence Warrant (EEW).</p><p>This Regulation originally repealed several acts in which the UK does not participate. However, the proposal was revised to include the EEW, a measure in which the UK also does not participate, but which remains partially in force between some Member States. The Government therefore decided to opt-in to the part of the Regulation that repeals the EEW under Protocol 21 to the EU Treaties.</p><p>This gives greater legal certainty around the UK’s non-participation in the EEW given the revised terms of the proposal.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":391564,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-07-21T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/391578","method":"GET"}]}