§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on planned UK participation in the Eurodac system. [127196]
§ Mrs. RocheMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced on 7 October 1999 that the United Kingdom was opting in the draft Regulation to establish Eurodac. The United Kingdom continues to play a full part in the discussion on this text, on which the European Parliament is now to be re-consulted.