Investor-state dispute settlement clauses allow multinational corporations to take sovereign Governments to court simply for acting in the best interests of their citizens. They have been used to sue Governments for taking parts of their health services back into public control, and by fossil fuel companies to undermine vital environmental regulations. They make a mockery of the idea that we are taking back control. Will the Minister reassure the House that investor-state dispute settlement clauses will be excluded from the UK-Australia negotiations, and will she guarantee the House that there will be a full debate and meaningful vote for MPs on this and all future agreements?
Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Australia
Proceeding contribution from
Mick Whitley
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 17 June 2021.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Australia.
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2021-22
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