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Ms. Walley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will take steps to direct local education authorities to ensure the recommendations of standards on new book purchase set out in the Bourdillon report;(2) if he will list those education authorities which
(a) meet and (b) fail to meet the Bourdillon report standards, and what is the number of new books per thousand population purchased for each of the last five years by each.
Mrs. Rumbold
The Bourdillon report deals with the public library service. Neither local education authorities nor my right hon. Friend have any responsibility for this service. Responsibility lies with the Office of Arts and Libraries and local authorities.