Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 192328

Energy Charter Treaty

Tabled: 4 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Ruth Cadbury

LabourBrentford and Isleworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of successful investor state dispute claims against the UK under the terms of the Energy Charter Treaty.

Answer

Nigel Huddleston
The UK has investment agreements with ISDS provisions with over 90 trading partners, including within the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). There has never been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor has the threat of potential claims affected the...

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