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HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsParents in my hon. Friend’s constituency will be able to benefit now from the expansion of school-based nurseries, but this is just the start. Alongside the expansion in primary…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsYes. It is this Labour Government who are getting on and delivering the childcare places that parents across our country want to see, including in my hon. Friend’s constituency of…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsThat takes me back to June last year, when my hon. Friend, who was at that point Labour’s parliamentary candidate, and I launched Labour’s plan to deliver more school-based…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend raises an important point: where we see housing development and changes taking place, we must ensure that we have high-quality childcare and early years provision…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI agree about the importance of family support services, especially for our youngest children. The hon. Lady mentioned Sure Start; that was a proud achievement of the last Labour…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI agree with my hon. Friend. I have seen for myself the impact that this policy has, particularly for parents who already have older children at school. It eases the transition…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend raises an important point about the impact that this policy will have. On average, 40% of the overall gap between disadvantaged 16-year-olds and their peers has…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI will do my very best to visit Lichfield to see the fantastic provision and, critically, to see the brilliant work my hon. Friend is doing to champion local schools and nurseries…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsAs my hon. Friend says, the expanded provision at Portway in his constituency will make a big difference by supporting parents to take on work opportunities, to have more money in…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work that he is doing to support local families and also dads. Becoming a parent for the first time can be a daunting experience for…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend knows better than most the importance of high-quality provision, including in rural communities, allowing parents to avoid having to travel considerable distances.…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI join my hon. Friend in welcoming the important contribution that Horsted, in his constituency, will make as part of this scheme. I agree that we have to do a lot more as a…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI agree with my hon. Friend, and I join her in sending my best wishes to Allenby, which is taking part in our first phase. She is right to say that this is the difference that a…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am delighted that my hon. Friend has been able to see at first hand in her Croydon constituency the impact that this funding will have on families. It will support us in…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsThis Labour Government want to make sure that families can access childcare support. That is important for families’ work choices and, critically, for children’s development. That…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI was delighted to join my hon. Friend in visiting Fulbridge and to meet the brilliant staff team, who are doing so much to support all children in that community, so that they…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For many years, when our party was in opposition, I campaigned alongside him to make sure that working parents get the support that they need…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsWe know that children from more disadvantaged backgrounds will have the most benefit from high-quality early years education, and they benefit the most when that starts earlier.…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who brings real expertise to this place, through her background and wealth of experience in education. Through the expansion that we are rolling…02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsIt must be profoundly draining for the right hon. Lady to come to the Chamber when faced with such good news and to bring such studied, forced negativity every single time. Six…02 Apr 2025