I have listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman says about ringfencing and I do not disagree, but that is why Sure Start funding was directed through local authorities and ringfenced at a local level for local authorities to draw up their local strategies. He talks about levelling up, but this process did not start in 2019. We have seen the devastation of Sure Start centres, certainly in County Durham, as a result of cuts to that funding by his Government—although I know that he perhaps was not in the House then.
Giving Every Baby the Best Start in Life
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 November 2021.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Giving Every Baby the Best Start in Life.
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