§ 12. Ms Rosie WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the lifelong-learning initiative announced by the new opportunities fund will benefit local libraries. [87208]
§ Mr. Chris SmithThe £200 million New Opportunities Fund stream for Community Access to Lifelong Learning will make a substantial contribution towards developing the infrastructure for a Public Libraries IT Network, linking local libraries to each other and to the National Grid for Learning by 2002.