Lord Greaves – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2015-12-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statutory duties local authorities have to provide library and library-related services.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 places a duty on local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for individual local authorities to determine how best to provide this.