Part of Childcare Bill [Lords] Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:45 pm on 25 January 2016.
I welcome the announcement of the funding increase, which is very important as a reassuring message to many providers who sometimes have concerns about what it costs to provide these places. May I urge the Minister to press local authorities to pass as much of this money as possible on to their frontline and to review their own funding formulas where appropriate?