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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Affordable Childcare Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Affordable Childcare, 12 June 2014 to 12 June 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 July 2014: Olivia McLeod, Director for Early Years and Childcare, Department for Education; Jacob Soper, Deputy Director for Universal Credit strategy, Department for Work and Pensions; Tom Smith, Director of Customer, Strategy and Change Policy for Tax Credits and Child Benefit, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
  • 16 July 2014: Anand Shukla, Chief Executive, Family and Childcare Trust; Julie McCarthy, Head of Policy, Research and Communications, Working Families; Caroline Davey, Director of Policy, Advice and Communications, Gingerbread; Purnima Tanuku OBE, Chief Executive, National Day Nurseries Association; Neil Leitch, Chief Executive, Pre-school Learning Alliance
  • 23 July 2014: Dalia Ben-Galim, Associate Director for Families and Work, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR); Adam Memon, Head of Economic Research, Centre for Policy Studies
  • 15 October 2014: Gill Jones, Deputy Director for Early Childhood, Ofsted; Sandra Mathers, Senior Researcher, University of Oxford; Ivana La Valle, Research Consultant, University of East London; Professor Cathy Nutbrown, Head of the School of Education, University of Sheffield
  • 22 October 2014: Professor Mike Brewer, Director of MiSoC, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex; Dr Birgitta Rabe, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex; Jonathan Rallings, Assistant Director, Strategy Unit, Barnardo’s; Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group; Helen Barnard, Policy and Research Programme Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • 29 October 2014: Cathy Street, Research Director, National Children's Bureau and Joyce Connor, Director, Early Childhood Unit, National Children's Bureau
  • 29 October 2014: Ben Thomas, National Officer (Early Years Education), UNISON; Valentine Mulholland, Policy Adviser, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT); Sarah Bagshaw, Finance Director, St Bede Academy, Bolton
  • 5 November 2014: Councillor Liz Green, Deputy Chair, Children and Young People’s Board, Local Government Association; Alison O’Sullivan, Vice-President, Association of Directors of Children’s Services
  • 19 November 2014: Lena Levy, Head of Labour Market Policy, Confederation of British Industry (CBI); Martin Pratt, Director of Children, Schools and Families Services, London Borough of Camden; Marjorie Strachan, Head of Inclusion, Royal Bank of Scotland; Liz Bayram, Chief Executive, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY)
  • 26 November 2014: Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education