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Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Totally. Buffy Wiliams.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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I absolutely agree with you. Unfortunately, this is not a devolved responsibility.
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I can see Naomi's itching to come in, and then I'm going to ask Buffy Williams to come in.
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It is working, though. It is working, I think.
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Sioned Williams, this was the area you wanted to ask questions about.
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Thank you—
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Chris, did you want to add anything?
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Thank you. Do any of the others want to give a one-liner?
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Jane Dodds, did you want to come in before I move on to Sioned Williams?
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I think we probably got that evidence from the last session.
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This is the amount that the Government gives to the provider, not the amount that the individual is paid, obviously.
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Thank you. Carolyn Thomas.
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Thank you. Jane Dodds.
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Thank you. Natalie, you wanted to come in, and then I'm going to hand over to Jane Dodds.
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Okay. So, the Welsh Government often talks about universal targeted services. Would you think that was a just summary?
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Okay.
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So, what suffered most: was it the children who most needed that quality provision from the poorest homes? Were they the ones who suffered the most from the reduced funding?
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The Sure Start programme morphed into the children's centre programme. Do you think that rectified that child-focused approach?
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Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
I'm come to Naomi, and I'll come back to you. So, Naomi Eisenstadt, clearly, I think we can all agree that the Sure Start programme was a child-centric policy. Could you outline what were the key ingredients to Sure Start's success, given the latest…
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Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Okay. Chris Pascal, you've written, obviously, a lot about all this. What do you think are the key ingredients of successful early childhood education and care policies that Wales should be looking to incorporate into our delivery plan to, obviously, have a…
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Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Okay. The Education Policy Institute evidence of the mid 1990s indicated that it needed to be comprehensive and integrated, but I never hear many people talking about that, so why is that?
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Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We are continuing our childcare follow-up inquiry, and our fourth evidence session is with Naomi Eisenstadt, chair of the NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board and formerly the head of Sure…
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