Select Committee · Education Committee
Reading for Pleasure
Status: Open
Opened: 23 Nov 2025
Reading brings a range of benefits to children, young people and their families, but the number of children reading for pleasure is declining rapidly. This inquiry will look at the reasons behind this decline and what can be done to reverse this trend. It will look at the benefits of reading for pleasure and ask …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | Donna Pentelow · Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA), Frank Cottrell-Boyce · (None), Isobel Hunter MBE · Libraries Connected, Joelle Owusu · Merky Books, Meryl Halls · The Booksellers Association, Rebecca Sinclair · The Publishers Association, Sonia Ramdhian · Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Sue Kerr · Community Libraries Network | View ↗ |
| 13 May 2026 | Dr Roger McDonald · The University of Greenwich, Frank Young · Parentkind, Julie Cigman · Early Education, Mrs Victoria Dilly · School Library Association, Professor Christine O’Farrelly · University of Cambridge, Professor Robert Eaglestone · English Association | View ↗ |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Annie Crombie · Booktrust, Ellen Broomé · British Dyslexia Association, Jonathan Douglas · The National Literacy Trust, Luke Taylor · Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), Mrs Debbie Hicks · The Reading Agency, Ms Anjali Patel · The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), Onyinye Iwu · (None) | View ↗ |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Dr Helen Hendry · Open University, Dr Jeanne Shinskey · Royal Holloway, University of London, Dr Jo Taylor · University College London (UCL), Professor Jessie Ricketts · Royal Holloway, University of London, Professor Teresa Cremin CBE · Open University | View ↗ |