FUNDING FOR BOOKTRUST

Motion Text

That this House notes with concern the Department for Education's decision of December 2010 to cut all Government funding for Booktrust; welcomes the Secretary of State for Education's recent decision to review the cut to Booktrust's funding; applauds the national impact that Booktrust has had in encouraging positive attitudes to books, reading for pleasure and family reading, by providing book gifts for children, resources and targeted campaigns; and calls on the Government to safeguard the future funding of Booktrust's Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up reading programmes beyond March 2011.