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Childcare Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in support of the amendment, and I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness for what she has said. She is doing her best to be helpful within the financial constraints implicit in the amendment as she sees it. It would waste the time of the House to divide on this; indeed, I do not wish to do so in the light of the assurances I have been given. I shall go through them carefully and, if I may, I shall arrange for those representing grandparents such as the Grandparents’ Association to work with her department to produce a guide in order to help grandparents access the various facilities. I was particularly interested to learn that parenting classes can be available to grandparents, which I had not realised. I also look forward to seeing the statutory guidelines on Clauses 1 and 12 referred to by the noble Baroness. In the circumstances, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 73 [Procedure for taking certain steps]: