| Heading: |
Energy: Supply Chains |
| Question ID: |
1744580 |
| UIN: |
16151 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4267 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Champion
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| Asking Member handle: |
SarahChampionMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SarahChampionMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential steps to ensure UK energy supply chains are free from Uyghur forced labour. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Government opposes all forms of forced labour, including the use of Uyghur 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. Through the reconvened Sola... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |