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Childcare Bill

The Minister may choose to respond again at the end of the debate, or she may want to consider this question when it comes up in another place. If the clause were not in the Bill, I do not think that anyone would miss it. Most people who are caring for children, especially in an early education setting, are trying to do all these things in any event. Given that the clause is in place, the Minister should be asking those whose opinions she respects—I hope that she respects our opinions in this place, but there are others whose opinions she may respect—that if ““taught”” means the same as ““experienced by””, cannot ““experienced by”” mean the same as ““taught””, and would not that then be satisfactory?