Children and Young People: Literacy

Debate between Lord Hampton and Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

Thursday 23rd January 2025 Lords Chamber

[Lord Hampton (CB)]

My Lords, I speak as a teacher and—

[Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)]

Reading.

[Lord Hampton (CB)]

And the noble Lord will be marking my homework later.

The National Literacy Trust says that one in seven primary schools in the UK does not have a library, and in London it is one in four. It has a ready-made Libraries for Primaries campaign set up with Penguin. Will the Government think about sorting this out now?