Abstract
This article provides an overview of the current debate in the United Kingdom on whether the UK should exercise its right to opt out from around 130 EU police and criminal justice measures. It is a revised and updated version of a talk delivered at a meeting held by the Law Society of Scotland in Brussels in March 2013. It explains why this issue is presently one of difficulty for the United Kingdom government, and reviews the background to the current debate and the steps which the government has taken so far, analysing in particular the positions which were put to a House of Lords committee which conducted an inquiry into the matter, reporting in early 2013.
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