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Pupils: Reading

Asked by Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 30278

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage reading in schools.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

I refer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire to the answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29850.

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