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Childcare Bill

Can the Minister be a bit more specific about those powers, which sound pretty draconian? There may be a need for them but, as I understood it, he said that, in the past, powers over education rested with the local authority rather than with the Government. If I am wrong about that, I am sure that he will put me right. Is he saying that, because local authorities have so little experience in the field of nursery education and other planned areas that are very new, the Government need additional powers to move in, if necessary? Some people might think that that is going a little too far.