PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sustainable Development (22 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of merging her Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the UK’s ability to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

The UK remains committed to the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs will play an important role in post-COVID-19 recovery, recognising the connection between healthy lives, healthy societies and a healthy environment. As the Prime Minister affirmed on 28 May, we owe it to future generations to build back better, basing our recovery on a fairer, greener and more resilient global economy, and to get our shared goals back on track, including the Sustainable Development Goals.

Answered by:
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative)
25 June 2020