Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 88456

Climate Change: Standards

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of investor-state dispute settlement provisions on the UK's climate targets.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The UK is party to 78 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS provides an independent means to resolve disputes with states whe...

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