Childcare

I am just working out who is here behind their masks. I am afraid that I have to impose a five-mi...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and I congratulate the Petitions Com...

It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and to have this debate. ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy), who is a friend, on the new arriv...

The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful case, as have others. Does he agree that grandparents often h...

The right hon. Gentleman’s point goes to the heart of the issue. I talked about early years educa...

Early years staff have worked incredibly hard during the pandemic, sometimes putting their own he...

I thank the Petitions Committee and everyone who signed the petition to secure this debate today....

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, Sir Roger, on a topic very close to my heart. I thank t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the Petitions Committee, an...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am very grateful to my hon. Frien...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson). I followed her in a debat...

Having listened to contributions from colleagues across the House, it is clear that we must open ...

It is pleasure to follow hon. Members across this House in this debate in particular, and it is a...

You have plenty of time.

Turning, finally, to the Minister, this is her opportunity. I know that she knows only too well t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I would like to thank all my collea...

The shadow Minister is making some very important points. Does she agree that it is not fair for ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I was listening to his speech very closely, beca...

It is an absolute pleasure to serve again under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I would like to beg...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way to the hon. Lady, but before I do so I want to congratulate her on her beautiful ...

I would get even more rest if this place moved with the times and the law and provided proper mat...

I thank the hon. Lady for her question. When it comes to the take-up of the two-year-old offer, w...

Will the hon. Member give way?

Hang on, this is important. We do not recognise the description of a 35% increase in closures. Be...

Will the Minister give way?

I really want to get some of this on the record because it is important to providers. Between Jun...

On the issues raised by the Minister about sufficiency, are councils’ childcare sufficiency repor...

I thank the hon. Member for her great interest in this subject. We see the number of providers jo...

We have said here a number of times that one in 10 childcare workers lives in poverty. Does the M...

I think it is extremely important that businesses involved in the childcare sector pay the nation...

I thank the Minister for that response, but I fear that the more than 112,000 petitioners who sig...

My hon. Friend is making a passionate plea for why we need the review. One issue that the review ...

I very much agree with my hon. Friend. With the greatest of respect, I think that petitioners lis...