Diana Johnson
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(11 years, 7 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
Absolutely; I could not have put it better myself. Salaries in Sweden for child-care workers are £22,000. I would be very interested to understand how the shadow Secretary of State thinks he is going to get that money and where it will come from.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
With the Deputy Prime Minister rubbishing the proposals, is not the policy dead in the water and another example of the shambles of this Government?
Elizabeth Truss
As I said, we announced our policy in “More great childcare” in January. We are consulting on the level of qualifications required to fulfil the ratios.