Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 126925
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026
Question
Iqbal Mohamed
Independent — Dewsbury and Batley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of responding to Investor-State Dispute Settlement claims brought against the UK since 2000, including legal fees and arbitration costs.
Answer
Chris BryantThe 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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