Early Years Services and Childcare

Part of Education – in the House of Commons at 2:33 pm on 23 May 2022.

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Photo of Siobhan Baillie Siobhan Baillie Conservative, Stroud 2:33, 23 May 2022

The truth is that even with the billions of pounds that have been spent on childcare, the issue has proved to be a hot mess for Governments of all colours for a number of years. I applaud the Department for trying to grapple with this tricky issue. Will my hon. Friend confirm that he is looking carefully—it is right that he does so—at regulations across the whole of the childcare piece that drive up costs for families, and that he is talking to parents and the childcare sector about that? Will he also confirm that he is looking to support childminders in respect of future changes to regulations?