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Childcare Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Lucy Powell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 November 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Childcare Bill [Lords].

My hon. Friend is making some excellent points and scrutinising the Minister extremely well. She makes a good point about the true cost of childcare and how many private, voluntary or independent nurseries cross-subsidise to deliver the free offer. Is she aware that in parts of London in particular, and in other more expensive cities, many providers do not even offer the free entitlement because there is not a good enough business case for them to do that, and so families in Islington are probably missing out altogether?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
602 c1443 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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