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Support for childcare and the early years

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 15 December 2022 to 23 November 2023. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 31 January 2023: Helen Donohoe, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY); Laura Barbour, The Sutton Trust; Megan Jarvie, Coram Family and Childcare; Neil Leitch OBE, Early Years Alliance
  • 21 February 2023: Emma Gardner, Early Years and Childcare, Spring by Action for Children; Gemma Rolstone, Puffins Childcare, Devon; Kara Jewell, Sparkle Lodge Early Years, Portsmouth; Professor Celia Greenway, University of Birmingham; Dr Julian Grenier CBE, Sheringham Nursery School and Children's Centre, East London
  • 21 March 2023: Victoria Benson, Gingerbread; Joeli Brearley, Pregnant Then Screwed; Mrs Anne Fennell, Mothers at Home Matter
  • 21 March 2023: Mary Mulvey-Oates, Contact; Jolanta Lasota, Ambitious about Autism; Jane Harris, Speech and Language UK
  • 18 April 2023: Iain Mansfield, Policy Exchange; Adam Hawksbee, Onward; Dr Tammy Campbell, Education Policy Institute
  • 18 April 2023: Christine Farquharson, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Professor Eva Lloyd, International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare, University of East London; Professor Birgitta Rabe, Institute for Social and Economic Success
  • 9 May 2023: Department for Education; Department for Education