{"value":{"id":1673005,"askingMemberId":4702,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-11-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-12-11T00:00:00","uin":"HL619","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many times the UK has been subject to legal action through investor-state dispute settlement which has been brought either individually or as part of a wider claim; how many times such claims have been successful against the UK; and what was the legal costs of defending those claims.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4949,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-12-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK has investment agreements with Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions with around 90 trading partners. There has never been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor has any claim reached arbitral proceedings for the UK to defend.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1673005","method":"GET"}]}