Library Closures

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 14 February 2013.

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Photo of Ed Vaizey Ed Vaizey The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 9:30, 14 February 2013

What message is the hon. Gentleman sending when he talks down our library service? Local authorities have always paid for libraries and have always provided them, and they fund them with more than £800 million a year. Thousands of libraries are open up and down the country and new libraries are opening. Our library service is in very good health.