Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 126923

Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

IndependentDewsbury and Batley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Investor-State Dispute Settlement cases involving the UK (a) are ongoing, (b) have been settled and (c) have been concluded.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The UK has 77 BITs with Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions. The Government is defending two active arbitrations, neither of which have been settled or concluded. The Government has acted consistently with domestic and international law ob...

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