Question follow-through · 129653
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK's Investor-State Dispute Settlement Scheme on foreign policy goals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK's Investor-State Dispute Settlement Scheme on foreign policy goals.
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The UK is party to 77 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). The UK’s international investment agreements aim to enhance opportunities for UK businesses to expand overseas, with commitments that seek to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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