From my study of the Blue Book, it seems that childcare will not be available to parents unless they have a weekly income level per parent equivalent to 16 hours a week worked at the national living wage. That seems to contradict the idea of people, particularly women, being able to work flexibly.
Childcare Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Emily Thornberry
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 November 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Childcare Bill [Lords].
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