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Childcare Bill

The Minister has been quite convincing on amendment No. 53. I hope that the interpretation of that is that the parent will be told why their children are being exempted from certain things. Obviously, it is at the request of the parent that no information is to be given. If there is some reason why the parent has not asked, it is perhaps worth bearing in mind that parents should be told of the situation. That is a different sense of the meaning of ““published””—not keeping secret. As I think the Minister recognises, she is not on quite such strong ground on amendment No. 51. The main point of the debate is about the word ““taught””. The Minister explained that ““taught”” meant the same as ““experienced by””, and then explained that ““experienced by”” necessarily did not mean the same as ““taught””. It seems that that is where she got out of her circular argument—on the wrong spot. It would be a good idea if before this issue comes up in another place the Minister were to seek advice and would ask what would be lost—