Free Childcare: Costs and Benefits
Debate between Thangam Debbonaire and Geraint Davies(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Thangam Debbonaire
I applaud the Welsh Government and I look forward to seeing the impact of that, which may have lessons for the UK Government.
I believe that, like the Labour party, the UK Government want to champion people getting into work. We are the Labour party—the clue is in the name—but the Tory party also says that it wants people to be in good quality jobs and to be able to do those jobs without constantly worrying about what is going on at home or about childcare, or about not being able to make it to childcare. I have heard that as a Whip, when people I am whipping say to me that they need to leave before a vote otherwise they will not be able to pick their child up from childcare. That is manageable as a Member of Parliament—just.
I urge the Minister to answer my questions and those of other hon. Members, and to recognise the economic and social value of free childcare to the entire country.
Geraint Davies (in the Chair)
On behalf of the Scottish National party, in a late change, I call David Linden.