Question follow-through · 52013
Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all solar developments do not include components linked to forced or slave labour.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all solar developments do not include components linked to forced or slave labour.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to eradicating forced labour in supply chains, and we expect solar developers to do everything in their power to remove any instances of it that they find. Legislation and guidance are already in place to help businesses take a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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