Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 22099

Solar Power: Supply Chains

Tabled: 6 January 2025
Answered: 9 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

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
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 ...

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