Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals effectively recognise the potential human and environmental costs arising from a growing proportion of the global population living in urban slums.

The Government is keen that the Sustainable Development Goals include measures to improve conditions for poor urban residents and address the issues that lead to the formation of slums. We continue to support the approach to urban issues set out in the report of the High Level Panel on post-2015 goals, co-chaired by the Prime Minister. This promotes a detailed consideration of the urban implications of each goal and target.