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Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's commitments under investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms on (a) environmental and (b) human rights protections in partner countri

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
12 Nov 2024
Answer
12 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's commitments under investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms on (a) environmental and (b) human rights protections in partner countri

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The UK is party to 83 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS provides an independent means to resolve disputes with states whe...

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