HC Deb 02 March 1999 vol 326 c630W
Mr. Dobbin

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the service provided by public libraries. [72104]

Mr. Alan Howarth

[holding answer 1 March 1999] I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 1 March 1999, Official Report, column 532, to my hon. Friends the Members for Ilford, North (Ms Perham) and for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien).