Public Libraries

Part of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 11 April 2019.

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Photo of Michael Ellis Michael Ellis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

I am very flattered by my right hon. Friend’s question, and he makes an important point. The interplay between schools and libraries is a long-lasting one. It enriches lives and we want to promote it at every possible opportunity. We do that by encouraging the wide use of libraries by all sections of society, and I am pleased to confirm that libraries are used by more people across all socioeconomic groups and parts of our society than any other cultural form. He is right to quote Proust, as of course he always is.