There is consensus across the three main parties that adult learning, in all its forms, matters. As the Government publishes its White Paper on informal adult learning, this article asks what the three main parties think needs to be done about it. John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, argues that by working in co-operation, the Government and a multitude of partner organisations can create a new movement for informal learning. John Hayes, Conservative Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, states that only when the policy matches the rhetoric will adult learning be revived. On the other hand, Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, states that providing new spaces for learning is one thing, but it can only be one element of the successful promotion of adult learning.