§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to assist British companies to enforce judgments made against other Governments by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. [125037]
§ Mr. Hain[holding answer 12 June 2000]We cannot comment on cases which are the subject of legal proceedings at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Her Majesty's Government expects any State with whom we have a Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement to take seriously its treaty obligations and, where such a State is involved in a dispute covered by that treaty, to co-operate fully with any international arbitration procedures and rulings.