Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 19973

Solar Power: Supply Chains

Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment process his Department uses to determine if solar companies operating in the UK have supply chain links to forced labour.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government opposes all forms of forced labour and is determined to ensure that all UK business do everything in their power to remove any instances of it from their supply chains. However, the UK Government does not hold data about the supply chains o...

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