HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 c147W
28. Mr. Boyce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the impact of a rise in the price of books on reading standards among children.

Mr. Robin Squire

My right hon. Friend lacks the basis on which to attempt such an estimate. There is no reliable evidence bearing on the relationship between book prices and the reading standards achieved by children.