Can I ask the noble Lord something that is slightly puzzling me? I understand that, under Section 6 of the 2006 Act, local authorities are required to provide sufficient childcare as far as is reasonably practical, but I also understand from research that has been done that many local authorities are not undertaking childcare sufficiency audits, which obviously means that they will not provide sufficient childcare. Given the new responsibility given to the Secretary of State, is that the sort of thing that he will be able to require local authorities to do?
Childcare Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Andrews
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 1 July 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Childcare Bill [HL].
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