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Childcare Bill

The amendments deal with child protection, which we have raised before. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge in the three months in which we have been waiting patiently for the final stages of this Bill. I am delighted that we have been joined by a Childcare Bill veteran, my hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening)—it seems so long ago when the Bill was in Committee. I have also been joined by two new recruits who will beef up our whole approach to children and child care: my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Goodman), who is shadow spokesman for child care, and my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs. Miller), who is a member of our education team and who speaks on children’s issues, young people and families. That shows that we take our cross-departmental responsibilities on children very seriously.