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Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution

Asked by Iqbal MohamedIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 21 April 2026UIN 126924

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department holds information on the number of Investor-State Dispute Settlement claims that have been initiated by UK-based investors against foreign governments in each of the last 20 years.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The Government does not keep a record of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims where it is not a disputing party. The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development maintains a database of known ISDS claims, including those initiated by UK-based investors. This can be found at: https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-dispute-settlement .

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