Government responds to question asking what assessment they have made, in approving Canadian Solar’s application for the Mallard Pass solar power project, of the use of Uyghur slave labour within Canadian Solar’s supply chains.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL108):

Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, in approving Canadian Solar’s application for the Mallard Pass solar power project, of the use of Uyghur slave labour within Canadian Solar’s supply chains. (HL108)

Tabled on: 18 July 2024

Answer:
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:

The reasons for the Secretary of State’s planning decision on the Mallard Pass project are set out in the Decision Letter. Ethical procurement is considered at paragraphs 4.104-109.

The consent requires the applicant to submit a list of suppliers to be made available to the local planning authorities, and to upload their modern slavery and human trafficking statement annually to the Home Office Register to enable monitoring [paragraph 4.105].

Date and time of answer: 01 Aug 2024 at 15:01.