Justine Greening questioned on Sustainable Development Goals

• Parliament TV: Sustainable Development Goals
• Inquiry: Sustainable Development Goals
• Environmental Audit Committee

The Environmental Audit Committee hears from the Secretary of State for International Development about the Government’s approach to agreeing ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. These global goals, due to be agreed at the UN in September 2015 are intended to be universal, encompassing poverty and sustainable development, and equally applicable to developed as well as developing countries. The UK will be negotiating the final Goals through the EU.

Witness

Wednesday 29 October at 2.30pm, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

• Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State, Department for International Development

The Committee will particularly focus on

• The Government’s aims and ambitions for the Goals, particularly relating to sustainable development
• Co-ordination between government departments in agreeing the Goals, and the potential impact on implementation of policies and programmes
• How the Goals will influence DFID’s aid programmes, and how the UK’s other international policies and programmes will help the Goals to be delivered.
• The accountability and reporting arrangements for the UK setting targets and indicators for the Goals, and how performance will be reported.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
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