Maria Miller is someone you want to believe in. The Conservative Shadow Minister for the Family is well informed on the prime early years debates. She engages with concerns over quality and says with conviction that provision 'must not fail children'. She is open to briefings from the sector and has heard from organisations representing children, families and professionals within maintained, private, voluntary and independent (PVI) early years provision, and from allied agencies. As a result, both she and her party's engagement with the early years have been cautiously welcomed.
'The Childcare Forum is broadly pleased with the overview of the Conservatives' childcare policy,' says Steve Alexander, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance (PLA) and chair of this Forum, which brings the PLA together with 4Children, Daycare Trust, the National Childminding Association (NCMA) and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).
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