Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81765

Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to negotiate investment agreements without investor-state settlement mechanisms in the future.

Answer

Chris Bryant
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provides an independent means for investors to resolve disputes with states where they believe they have experienced arbitrary, discriminatory or unfair treatment or expropriation without compensation. The UK is a ...

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