Childcare Bill [Lords] Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Childcare Bill [Lords]

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts
Wednesday 25th November 2015

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sam Gyimah Portrait Mr Gyimah
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Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a novel—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
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Order. I am sorry. You are winding up the debate, so you will have a chance to come back to the hon. Lady, but I am sure that she will give way, as she has been very generous so far. At this moment though she has given way to Helen Goodman.

Helen Goodman Portrait Helen Goodman
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My hon. Friend is pointing out that, according to the Chancellor, to qualify for this free childcare, a parent needs to be working 16 hours. Coincidentally, I found out that Asda employs 30% of its people on less than 16 hours a week, and they are paid less than the living wage, because they are on the minimum wage. That is probably the case in supermarkets across the land. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of women here.