Clause 8
Child Poverty Bill
1:00 pm
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman may have noticed that we do not think that the recession should be dealt with through cuts. The recession should be dealt with through increased growth and, although obviously there will be very tight financial regimes, it is clear if one looks at the record of last week’s debate in Westminster Hall on Sure Start that we have a continuing and very strong commitment to it.
However, my point is about not the level of funding for that area as much as the different views on how we make progress and what type of services should be provided with regard to child care, Sure Start and the whole provision for the under-fives and children over that age. That has been highlighted in debates that we have had and will continue to have. It is very important that we highlight child care as a specific area to which attention needs to be paid. I shall raise one other—