Question follow-through · 112052
Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to assess the compatibility of existing bilateral investment treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions with the UK’s (a) net zero commitments and (b)
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to assess the compatibility of existing bilateral investment treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions with the UK’s (a) net zero commitments and (b)
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The UK draws on the full range of investment commitments and international best practice in our international investment agreements to promote growth, deliver our clean energy goals, and continue to uphold the UK’s right to regulate.Investor-State Dispute...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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