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Solar Power: Supply Chains

Commons · Question 19973 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2024

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

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.

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Answered by Michael Shanks, 18 Dec 2024

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...