UK opt-ins

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 undertaking and the procedure for initiating a debate in our PDF on Opt-in procedures ( PDF 132 KB).

The Committee's recent reports on opt-ins

The Committee has made the following reports on proposals subject to the UK's opt-in:

1.  Asylum directives

• Committee's report 
• Video of the debate of 12 January 2010
• Official record of the debate

2.  Passenger Name Record Directive 

• Committee's report
• Video of the debate of 17 March 2011
• Official record of the debate

3.  Proceeds of Crime Directive

• Committee's report
• Video of the debate  of 22 May 2012
• Official record of the debate