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Desmond Swayne
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(8 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Sarah Jones
I would of course be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to talk about this great project, Silicon Sands, which will bring jobs and be really innovative for his area. The wider point is really important—for too long, our coastal and industrial communities have not had the job opportunities they deserve. We are determined to change that.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
Can the Minister assure the House that her ambitions for renewable energy can be achieved without Chinese slave labour?
Sarah Jones
Yes—of course, we ensure that the highest standards are kept in all these things. The Government’s position is to make sure that we are very careful about them. The right hon. Gentleman may be referring to solar, which is a particular issue that people have raised. We have a solar taskforce, which has been set up exactly to look at those points.