Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Judy Mallaber (Labour), on Tuesday, 9 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 64 members in total.

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INQUIRY INTO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE

That this House applauds the essential contribution UK libraries and library staff have made to the social, cultural and economic well-being of the country's communities for the past 150 years; notes that more people in the UK visit libraries than football matches or cinemas; acknowledges that despite increased investment in the library service over the past decade, more needs to be done to keep libraries central to their communities; welcomes the launch of UNISON's Love Your Libraries - The People's Inquiry into the Public Library Service in the UK, which will assess the major contribution made by those working in the library service and library users and make recommendations on how to safeguard investment in the future of the library service; and calls on the Government to include the findings of the inquiry in its current review of the library service.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

848 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Kelvin Hopkins

Laura Moffatt

Janet Dean

David Drew

David Anderson

Subjects

Libraries

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk