Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 120220

Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Martin Rhodes

LabourGlasgow North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proposals UK negotiators have made on the transparency of investor-state dispute settlement arbitration at the (a) OECD and (b) UN.

Answer

Chris Bryant
In line with the Trade Strategy, the UK continues to work with trading partners multilaterally, at the OECD and the UN, to pursue opportunities to improve ISDS practice, such as promoting transparency in ISDS proceedings. The proposals being discussed at ...

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