Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) fossil fuel producers and (b) other business groups on potential claims for investor-state dispute settlements being brought against the UK under the revised terms of the Energy Charter Treaty.

The Department for International Trade has not had any recent engagement with fossil fuel producers or other business groups on potential claims for investor-state dispute settlement being brought against the UK under the modernised terms of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).