Question follow-through · 12382
Treaties: Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) implications for his policies of recent investor-state dispute settlements under the bilateral investment treaty with Colombia; and whe
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) implications for his policies of recent investor-state dispute settlements under the bilateral investment treaty with Colombia; and whe
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government regards the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as playing an important role in the investment relationship between our two countries. The stock of total investment between the UK and Colombia was £6.8 billion in 2023. The BIT con...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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