Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 271

Solar Power: Supply Chains

Tabled: 17 July 2024

Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Blair McDougall

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that solar panels installed in the UK do not contain polysilicon manufactured through the slave labour of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims i

Answer

Michael Shanks

No company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chain. We will be working with colleagues across Government to tackle the issue of Uyghur forced labour in supply chains. We are also relaunching the Solar Taskforce, which will focus on identif...

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