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Childcare Bill

I am happy to do as the hon. Member for Worthing, West (Peter Bottomley) suggests and pass on the congratulations of hon. Members to my officials, who work extremely hard to make sure that Bills are as good as they are. Although nothing is perfect, they frequently approach perfection, in my experience. As for the comments of the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) about the education system in the Isles of Scilly, I can tell him that there is a population of 2,000 there. I cannot tell him how many of those people are children, but because the population is so small, the islands may require separate arrangements with regard to provisions in the Bill. I hope that is enough to satisfy him.