Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.

Details of meetings held by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at Gov.uk.

Information requested in respect of other officials’ meetings is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.