Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
Commons · Question 126925 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
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
Answered by Chris Bryant, 21 Apr 2026
The 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...