P-06-1303 Create, fund and sustain sufficient affordable nursery and childcare places for all working parents
P-06-1303 Create, fund and sustain sufficient affordable nursery and childcare places for all working parents
This
petition was submitted by Gill Byrne, having collected 96 signatures online and
164 signatures on paper, making for a total of 260 signatures collected.
Text of Petition:
Too many parents with
young families are prohibited from taking up opportunities in employment,
education and training due to the lack of affordable local childcare. This is
keeping children and families in poverty, reducing choice for employers, and
negatively affecting the wellbeing of families and the economy of Wales. It
needs intervention at a political level to ensure this situation is addressed.
Additional Information:
As a former childcare
development officer I can confirm the situation is worse now than it was 10-15
years ago with a huge reduction in childcare places for babies to older
children. As part of a commitment to children and families in Wales the Welsh
Government needs to urgently consider options to make affordable childcare a
right for all families in the same way education is, and even consider siting
nurseries and childcare on school grounds particularly for new builds or where
space allows on existing school sites. Parents I know are unable to take up
opportunities that would benefit their families because either they cannot
afford childcare or more often there is no childcare available. There needs to
be sustained investment at Welsh Government level both in providing and
subsidising childcare places - let's lead the way for the rest of the UK!
Senedd Constituency and Region
- Ceredigion
- Mid
and West Wales
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 27/09/2022