| Heading: |
Solar Power and Wind Power: Exploitation |
| Question ID: |
1815047 |
| UIN: |
61567 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5062 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nick Timothy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nick Timothy
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of labour abuse in the (a) wind and (b) solar industry. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government is aware of the abhorrent allegations of forced labour in clean energy supply chains and is committed to tackling it. That is why we have amended the Great British Energy Act 2025, making it clear that GBE is committed to adopting measures ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |