Member

I turn to the issue raised by the noble Earl, Lord Russell. Clearly, forced labour in supply chains is wide ranging in nature. The Bill, with its relatively narrow focus on setting up an operationally independent company and on making the minimum necessary provision for that purpose, is not the appropriate vehicle for tackling this issue. However, I want to assure the noble Lord, Lord Alton, that we are committed to tackling forced labour in supply chains. We have recently announced the relaunch of the solar task force, which has previously focused on identifying and taking forward the actions needed to develop resilient, sustainable and diverse supply chains free from forced labour. This is obviously very important, given our ambitious target to increase our solar capacity by 2030, to which the noble Lord, Lord Alton, referred.