Affordable not "cheap" child care is what parents want: said Meg Hillier

In response to the publication of a report by Elizabeth Truss MP calling for the de-regulation of childminders Meg said:

“There is a difference between cheap child-care and affordable child-care. I would be very concerned if quality was lost and standards reduced.”

“Hackney parents who I meet need affordable child care in order to work but they don't want low quality child care as a result. Also childminders I have spoken to have been pleased with the professionalisation of their job over the past few years and the value that has been given to childcarers.”

Elizabeth Truss MP’s report was published for a think-tank called CentreForum. The report calls for "cheaper" child care and for childminders to be able to look after more children than they are able to do now. She also calls for local agencies to take over the monitoring of child minding.

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