Question follow-through · 67942
Photovoltaics: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the effects of market dumping of and (b) reduce strategic dependency on imported photovoltaic inverters from China.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the effects of market dumping of and (b) reduce strategic dependency on imported photovoltaic inverters from China.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
Solar goods and services are global commodities, and it is likely that we will continue to require imports in the short to medium term. The UK has a strong electrical manufacturing sector and there is an opportunity to scale this up through our ambitious ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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