(Apologies for cross posting)
There was a short debate on the Libri Report in the House of Lords
yesterday which included the following comment from Lord McIntosh:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, I would prefer to
call my meeting in June a seminar rather than a summit. I think that
summit is a bit grand. I will not call chief executives and leaders of
councils to book; I will invite them to be present, which I think is
more constructive. I will also invite Tim Coates, the author of the
Libri report, and he will have an opportunity to defend his statements
about the decline of libraries, some of which I have a good deal of
doubt about.
The full text is here:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds04/te
xt/40506-01.htm#40506-01_star0
Terry Hanstock
Nottingham Trent University
