Procedure for considering opt-ins
The Government has undertaken to take into account the views of the EU Committees in both Houses, provided they are submitted within eight weeks of the proposal being published. You can read more about this and the procedure for initiating a debate in our PDF on Opt-in procedures. Further information about the Government's approach to this area, including a Code of Practice for their officials on taking into account the views of Parliament on justice and home affairs opt-in and Schengen opt-out decisions, as well as the decisions made by the Government so far, is available on the Government's website.
The Committee's recent reports on opt-ins
The Committee has made the following reports on proposals subject to the UK's opt-in (in reverse chronological order):
1. Proceeds of Crime Directive
2. Passenger Name Record Directive
3. Asylum directives