Slum Dwellers

EDM number 1922 in 2007-08, proposed by Andy Reed on 30/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Housing, Housing standards, Incomes and poverty and International development.

That this House notes that over 900 million people in the world live in slums and that due to a number of factors, including climate change, this figure could rise to almost two billion by 2020; recognises that many slum dwellers lack access to basic services such as water and sanitation, live in hazardous conditions, and are under the permanent threat of eviction; commends Soul Survivor and Tearfund for their Slum Survivor initiative which raises awareness of global poverty amongst young people by simulating life in a slum and raises money for projects in developing countries; and calls on the Government to ensure that faster progress is made towards meeting the global target for improving the lives of slum dwellers, for example by working to agree a new global action plan for water and sanitation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.