I agree that that is an example of precisely the sort of flexibility that we want to see and need to have guaranteed. Taking the argument one stage further, does the hon. Lady accept that another example of such flexibility would be ensuring that there is provision, either for the whole day or just a segment of it, for an unemployed parent who wants to maximise her skills by retraining and going on an adult education course, or for someone who, dare I say it, is just going off for a couple of hours for a work interview?
Childcare Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Bercow
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Childcare Bill.
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