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Solar Power: Supply Chains

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 22099, tabled on 6 January 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns
Conservative
Rutland and Stamford
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a plan to help tackle the use of Uyghur slave labour in solar supply chains.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Labour
Rutherglen
Commons

Answered on

9 January 2025

The Government opposes all forms of slave labour. The Government is clear UK businesses should monitor their supply chains and do everything in their power to remove any instances of forced labour they may find.

Through the reconvened Solar Taskforce, the Government is working across Whitehall and closely with industry stakeholders to take forward the actions needed to develop supply chains that are resilient, sustainable, innovative, and free from forced labour. Further information will be set out in the Solar Roadmap, to be published in Spring 2025.

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