Question follow-through · 120219
Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the UK's negotiating objectives are with regard to discussions on investor-state dispute settlement reform led by the (a) OECD and (b) UN.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the UK's negotiating objectives are with regard to discussions on investor-state dispute settlement reform led by the (a) OECD and (b) UN.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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16 Mar 2026
Answer published
In line with the Trade Strategy, the UK continues to work with trading partners multilaterally, at the OECD and the UN, to pursue opportunities to improve ISDS practice, such as promoting transparency in ISDS proceedings. The proposals being discussed at ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK's investment and trade policy does not undermine its international leadership on climate action.
Jingye Group: Compensation
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Jingye Group having initiated procedures to claim compensation following the Government's takeover of British Steel via the Investor-State Dispute