Childcare: Affordability and Availability

It is a pleasure to speak in the latest debate on this subject. This is almost a weekly occurrenc...

The big step forward on childcare provision was in part thanks to the Liberal Democrats in the co...

We are all passionate about early years funding; we would not be here supporting this debate if w...

I remind right hon. and hon. Members that a number of people wish to speak. If they could keep wi...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon. Mem...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I have been talking about childca...

Thank you for coming in at short notice to chair this debate, Ms Fovargue. It is hugely appreciat...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. As my parliamentary neighbour in ...

I thank the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) for securing this debate. It h...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue.

It is worth mentioning that ma...

Under the circumstances, it is a relief as well as pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue....

This is a point of genuine interest, not a political point. Has Labour costed those policies? I a...

I am grateful for that intervention in the last sentence of my speech. As I just said clearly, La...

It is pleasure to serve under your very welcome chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon...

On that point, I think the Minister is starting to talk about one of the challenges: where money ...

The hon. Lady will know that underspends in government do not sit there and pile up; there is not...

I thank you again, Ms Fovargue, and I appreciate that you and Mr Davies have stepped into the Cha...