Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 1457

Solar Power: Xinjiang

Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy that solar arrays produced using polysilicon mined in Xinjiang province should not be used in the UK.

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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