HC Deb 15 April 1999 vol 329 cc303-4W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1)What proposals have been received by the new Millennium Experience Company for the sale of books and the promotion of reading and

Mrs. Beckett

The information requested is listed for all appointments made by Her Majesty in Council, the Privy Council or I myself as President of the Council, for which there is provision for remuneration.

literature as part of the Millennium Experience: and what response the company has made;[77561]

(2) what provision will be made for the sale of books in the Millennium Dome; and how much space has been allocated for this purpose. [77560]

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the British books, other than those covering the Millennium Experience, which will be on sale at the Millennium Experience. [79403]

Janet Anderson

There will be a bookshop area within the New Millennium Experience Company's (NMEC) own retailing arrangements at the Millennium Dome where a wide range of books and other printed material relevant to the Millennium and the Millennium Experience will be on sale. It is not the NMEC's policy to seek to replicate in the Dome, or to compete with, the retailing experience which people can enjoy in their high streets and local town centres. The NMEC is not therefore, planning to provide outlets for hight street book sellers or other retailers. The final decision on the amount of retailing space which will be allocated to book sales will be taken by the NMEC at the appropriate time.

NMEC has received inquiries from two Members of this House and one inquiry from a member of the public about opportunities for retailing books and the promotion of reading and literature in the Dome.