Speeches by Paffey.

“That would be great. We would really welcome that. Meryl, you just mentioned that that you are looking for booksellers to be more formally involved in the summer reading challenge.”

“Is that the key model for how you see that working?”

“That would be great. We would really welcome that. Meryl, you just mentioned that that you are looking for booksellers to be more formally involved in the summer reading challenge.”

“Which groups of children are the most and the least likely to engage with libraries? For those who do not engage so much, what are the barriers to those families accessing libraries, and what can we do to reduce them? I will start with Donna.”

“I have two questions, both on the summer reading challenge. Rebecca, the Publishers Association has called for the Government to invest a pound for every child to boost the challenge and to ensure that there is universal access. How should that money be spent? What will get the best bang for the buck?”

“In your written evidence, you said that we need to pay more attention to home-educated children. What would better support look like? What concrete things need doing to engage them better?”

“Is that the key model for how you see that working?”

“How can all your organisations—authors, publishers and booksellers—support children with special educational needs and disabilities to enjoy reading for pleasure? Meryl, you mentioned one example of a shop that opens early. Are there other things that are being done across the piece?”

“Which groups of children are the most and the least likely to engage with libraries? For those who do not engage so much, what are the barriers to those families accessing libraries, and what can we do to reduce them? I will start with Donna.”

“Just out of interest, is that video feedback a pilot or is it quite well established?”

“That gives us a good overview.”

“You mentioned the early years and the Best Start family hubs, so it would be good to understand what you think they should do to ensure that reading for pleasure is built into their work from the earliest stage. I do not mind who answers the question first.”

“You have set out an incredibly compelling case for the benefits of reading for pleasure. Of course, much of that depends on the key role of teachers. Some of the evidence that has been submitted to us talks about how some teachers lack knowledge of current children’s literature, and many claim not to be familiar with e…”

“Victoria, this is a question for you. School libraries obviously have a key role in encouraging in children a love of reading for pleasure. From your perspective, what are the challenges that school libraries face in achieving more?”

“Victoria, this is a question for you. School libraries obviously have a key role in encouraging in children a love of reading for pleasure. From your perspective, what are the challenges that school libraries face in achieving more?”

“Just out of interest, is that video feedback a pilot or is it quite well established?”

“You mentioned the early years and the Best Start family hubs, so it would be good to understand what you think they should do to ensure that reading for pleasure is built into their work from the earliest stage. I do not mind who answers the question first.”

“You have set out an incredibly compelling case for the benefits of reading for pleasure. Of course, much of that depends on the key role of teachers. Some of the evidence that has been submitted to us talks about how some teachers lack knowledge of current children’s literature, and many claim not to be familiar with e…”

“That gives us a good overview.”

“What is the ideal role for schools in all of that? You mentioned the contextual factors of parental use, as well as early intervention and education from Best Start family hubs and so on. What do you see as the optimum role for schools in that jigsaw of support?”