| Heading: |
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution |
| Question ID: |
1744464 |
| UIN: |
15959 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5142 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Abtisam Mohamed
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Abtisam Mohamed
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will initiative a review of UK treaties containing Investor-State Dispute Settlements. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answer text: |
The UK is party to 83 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that contain investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). In 2022, these BITs covered at least £195 billion of UK investment overseas.ISDS provides an independent means to r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |