A question on #ForeignInvestment #DisputeResolution tabled by Dr Simon Opher on 21-03-2025 has been answered by Mr Douglas Alexander.

Heading: Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
Question ID: 1787158
UIN: 40289
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-21
Asking Member ID: 5030
Asking Member display name: Dr Simon Opher
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Dr Simon Opher
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the Government's environmental policies of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms.
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Date answered: 2025-03-27
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Answering Member ID: 632
Answering Member display name: Mr Douglas Alexander
Answering Member handle: D_G_Alexander
Answering Member Twitter reference: @D_G_Alexander
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Answer text: The UK is party to 80 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 whe...
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Answering body ID: 214
Answering body name: Department for Business and Trade
Tweeted: true