| Heading: |
Reading: Schools |
| Question ID: |
1756681 |
| UIN: |
HL4223 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4130 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
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| Asking Member handle: |
MRitchieSD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MRitchieSD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage reading in schools. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.We know that reading for ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |