The UK government is poised to lose a crucial parliamentary vote next week as it faces opposition from both Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties regarding a significant amendment aimed at ensuring no public money is utilized for goods linked to forced labor. The amendment, led by David Alton, seeks to block GB Energy from funding solar panel materials that involve modern slavery, particularly targeting the polysilicon sourced from Xinjiang, China, where the Uyghur population is reportedly subjected to exploitation. Support for the amendment signals a growing commitment to ethical supply chains in the green energy sector.
This amendment will ensure that no public money can be used to prop up the Chinese Communist party's industry of slavery, and that our green transition is one that has due respect for human rights.
Alton said his amendment was designed to ensure that our race to net zero doesn't leave our modern slavery commitments in tatters. We cannot have a situation where one department is required to eradicate slavery from supply chains while another depends upon it entirely.
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