Select committee: Education Committee
Conclusion 18
2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Education
Education Committee Reading for Pleasure All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Parents and carers know the benefits of reading with their children and want to do more but face multiple barriers in doing so. Pressures and stresses exist for families across the income distribution; however, these are particularly acute for parents living in poverty. Lack of confidence in their own abilities alongside a gap in understanding of how best 90 to do it compounds these problems, but action can and must be taken to fill these gaps in knowledge and support parents and carers. (Conclusion, Paragraph 69)
From: Education Committee, 2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure (HC 150), 17 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 17 September 2026, 45 days ago.