The UK energy bill faces potential amendments that could weaken measures preventing companies involved in forced labor from receiving public money. Labour MPs are being instructed to remove a clause aimed at blocking such companies, despite concerns raised by anti-slavery advocates about the potential procurement of solar panels linked to Uyghur slave labor in China. The anti-slavery commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, supports an amendment proposed by MP Alex Sobel to ensure better assessment of forced labor evidence, highlighting the UK’s declining leadership in combating modern slavery and the risk of becoming a hub for forced labor-produced goods.
Labour MPs are being whipped to throw out the clause in the energy bill that would block companies using forced labour from receiving public funds, raising ethical concerns.
The anti-slavery commissioner, with support from Labour MP Alex Sobel, aims to amend the bill to better enforce standards against forced labour in Great British Energy's supply chain.
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