If the noble Lord will forgive me, as I understand it, there is a statutory obligation on local authorities to buy books for libraries. In fact, the facilities mentioned by the noble Lord are in addition to what I believe he and I might just accept at this stage is core funding.
National Lottery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 March 2006.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on National Lottery Bill.
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679 c1085-6
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
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