Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 126924

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, whether his Department holds information on the number of Investor-State Dispute Settlement claims that have been initiated by UK-based investors against foreign governments in each of the last 20 year

Answer

Chris Bryant
The Government does not keep a record of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims where it is not a disputing party. The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development maintains a database of known ISDS claims, including those initiated by UK-b...

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