§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Minister for the Arts what consultations he is having with representatives of library interests in discharge of his functions under section 1 of the
671WPublic Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to ensure that the Government's proposed code of practice under section 4 of the Local Government Act 1986 does not inhibit the provision of a comprehensive service of political manifestos and other politically-related material by public libraries.
§ Mr. Luce[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 479–80]: None. The code of practice to be issued by my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment for Scotland and for Wales, will be concerned with local authorities' decisions to incur expenditure on publicity, that is, any communication in whatever form, addressed to the public at large or to a section of the public. We do not consider that this is relevant to, or should in any way inhibit, the provision of a comprehensive library service under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.