Childcare Bill

On that point, the reason why I raised different kinds of care that are needed during the period from nought to five was in the context of the cost. The local authority will have to assess different costs for different kinds of childcare. The other point is that the noble Baroness mentioned the separation of childcare along with early years education, early years foundation stage and professional leaders. It has been expressed to me by members of the profession wiser than I in early years that there is a concern that this separation of early education from general education and putting it over into childcare will lead to a gradual leaching away of teachers in the latter part of childcare. That is a matter for concern. It is an unfair question to ask off the top of my head like that, but if the noble Baroness would care to write to me, I would be very grateful.