CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING LIFE CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1454, tabled 6 July 2004 by Linda Perham (Labour). Signed by 110 members.

That this House warmly congratulates the Pre-school Learning Alliance, whose 100,000 pre-school staff provide childcare for some 500,000 children; takes note of the longstanding commitment of the pre-school movement to help children to succeed, to create the childcare that families need and to build learning communities; acknowledges the need to create a sustainable workforce within the childcare and early years sector; and calls on the Government to work with its partners to encourage more people to join the childcare and early years workforce, to recognise the valuable role of volunteers in the childcare workforce, to offer a variety of routes to qualifications to meet individuals' learning needs and personal circumstances within a national framework, to invest in providing basic skills training to enable those entering the profession to make the best of their skills and abilities and to work towards establishing an equitable pay structure to include all early years' professionals that recognises and rewards levels of qualification and responsibility.

Signatures by party: Labour 59, Liberal Democrat 25, Conservative 17, Labour/Co-operative 5, DUP 2, Independent Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.