Childcare for working parents

Early day motion 657, tabled 23 April 2024 by Rachael Maskell (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 19 members.

That this House notes the importance of affordable childcare to enable parents, especially mothers, to work; further notes the important contribution of migrants to the economy; welcomes the intention behind the expansion of childcare support for working parents which is currently being rolled out; also notes however that this support is not available equally to all working parents even where they are working the same hours for the same wages; is concerned about the difficulty this creates for excluded families due to the high costs of childcare; and calls on the Government to amend its support scheme so that all parents working the requisite number of hours and earning the requisite salary can access 30 hours of funded childcare, regardless of their immigration status.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Scottish National Party 3, DUP 2, Labour/Co-operative 2, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.