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Children: Reading

Asked by Marsha De CordovaLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 45102

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage children to read for pleasure.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Battersea, to the answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35717.

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