Clause 59 - Inspections
Childcare Bill
9:00 am
Nick Gibb (Shadow Minister (Schools), Education; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)
The amendment seeks to prescribe a minimum period of three years between inspections of later years childminding provision—and on this occasion we do mean a minimum, and not a maximum. The point is one of staff turnover and the importance of parents having trust in the provider, and I believe that it is reasonable to require an inspection at least every three years, as in schools.