Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what agreements which the UK is party to include an investor-state dispute settlement system as part of that agreement.

The UK is party to 94 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, all of which include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. A list of the UK’s Bilateral Investment Treaties is available online (also including treaties terminated by South Africa and Bolivia) at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104161243/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/treaties/treaty-texts/ippas-investment-promotion/.