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UK’s 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36)

The EU Sub-Committee on Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection and the EU Sub-Committee on Home Affairs, Health and Education have launched a joint inquiry into the UK’s 2014 Opt-out Decision.

A Call for Evidence is available. The deadline for submissions is 14 December 2012.

Protocol 36 of the Treaty of Lisbon allows the Government to decide, by 31 May 2014, whether the UK should continue to be bound by approximately 130 police and criminal justice (PCJ) measures, which would all become subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice and the Commission’s enforcement powers, or if it should exercise its right to opt-out of them all. Either scenario would then take effect from 1 December 2014. The Government has undertaken to organise a debate and a vote in each House before a decision is made. The Home Secretary sent a letter to the EU Committee dated 21 December 2011 about the Protocol 36 opt-out, which included a list of the measures they considered were caught by its provisions. This list was updated by further letters dated 18 September 2012 and 15 October 2012.

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Peers Quiz Director of Public Prosecutions and Law Enforcement Experts on Policing and Crime Opt-out
The joint Committee continues to gather evidence for the 2014 Opt-Out Decision inquiry
Committees Visit Brussels to Discuss the UK's 2014 Opt-Out Decision
The joint Committees continue to gather evidence for the 2014 Opt-Out Decision from senior EU figures in Brussels
Peers Quiz Thinktanks and NGOs on the UK's 2014 Opt-Out Decision
Representatives from Justice Across Borders, Open Europe, JUSTICE, Fair Trials International and Centre for European Reform to be quizzed by the joint Lords Committee on the Opt-Out Decision
Lords question QC on Opt-Out decision
QC gives evidence to the Lords on Opt-Out from EU Policing and Crime
EU Policing and Crime Measures – In or Out?
Lords Committee to inquire into the UK’s opt-out from EU policing and crime measures

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Publications

Title	Date published
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected Evidence (6 February 2013) ()	28 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (13 February 2013) ()	27 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (6 February 2013) ()	27 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (13 February 2013) ()	27 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (30 January 2013) ()	25 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (30 January 2013) ()	25 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Uncorrected evidence (13 February 2013) ()	21 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (30 January 2013) ()	21 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (30 January 2013) ()	21 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (29 January 2013) ()	14 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 39) - Corrected evidence (29 January 2013) ()	14 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (23 January 2013) ()	11 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (23 January 2013) ()	11 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (23 January 2013) ()	11 February 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected Evidence (16 January 2013) ()	31 January 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (16 January 2013) ()	31 January 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Corrected evidence (9 January 2013) ()	18 January 2013
UK's 2014 Opt-out Decision (Protocol 36) - Evidence ()	11 January 2013
UK’s 2014 Opt-out decision (Protocol 36) - Call for Evidence	01 November 2012

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Members Interests

Members' interests in relation to this inquiry

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