Select committee: Education Committee
Recommendation 61
2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Education
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Department for Education should publish guidance for schools and early years settings outlining how they should work with the wider literary industry, including visits to public libraries, author visits, links with local bookshops, and the publishing industry. (Recommendation, Paragraph 212)
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.