Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution
Lords · Question HL5468 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of investor state dispute settlements on a country's ability to invest in its Sustainable Development Goals.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Gustafsson, 24 Mar 2025
The UK is party to 81 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).ISDS provides an independent means to resolve disputes with states wher...