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Have your say on the Children and Families Bill!!
There is a consultation on the Children and Families Bill here -
Have your say on the Children and Families Bill - News from Parliament - UK Parliament
This is a really big opportunity to say what you think about the parts of the bill that affect you and the children such as agencies, ratios and qualifications.
Responses must be submitted by 22nd April 2013.
Your response needs to be in Microsoft Word format - if you do not have Microsoft Word please ask and we will convert it for you.
You need to follow the template in the attached document because that is how they want the reply to be set out. If you have any problems using the template please let us know and we will help.
The forum is here to support every childminder who wants to respond to the consultation and has produced 2 documents to help.
I have attached them on here and they are also online -
www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/haveyoursay
www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/sampleletter
They are freely available to anyone who wants to use them so please pass the links to your friends and via FB / Twitter feeds.
Let's tell the committee what we think about Truss' 'More Great Childcare' plan guys!
Last edited by sarah707; 07-03-2013 at 10:29 AM.
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I know what I will be doing on my day off on Friday
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Thank you for doing this Sarah, I am having a look at it now and working out my response. About the ratios and qualifications, I thought those were specific to the Great Childcare Plan, isn't it only the childminder agencies which are in the Children's and Families Bill? Aren't they two different things? Is there any relevance to mentioning them in this?
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I have finally got around to sending off my response. Come on everybody please use this opportunity to raise your valid points, if you only have one thing to say it all counts
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Have you had your say on the Families and Childcare Bill yet?
This is the best way to get your thoughts heard because it goes direct to the decision makers.
If you are not sure how to reply please ask there is lots of support for everyone on the forum
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I just wanted to let everyone see that if you do write your concerns down in regards to the children and families bill, it will be given to the 21 committee members who are debating this document right now in the House of Commons. This is our best chance to get our voices heard by the very MP's who are debating it and have the power to do something.
Here is link so you can see who has given evidence to the committee. Just click on the link and scroll down to th bottom of the page were it says Associated Memoranda
House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Children and Families Bill 2012-13 — UK Parliament
there are 7 responses from childminders, I am one of them Stacey, and you may also notice Sarah707. Feel free to read them so you can get ideas for your own response even if you only write 1 concern it gets our voices heard
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I agree Stacey - I think this is our best shot to get heard. Truss does not want to listen, but the committee members may well want to - either because they're concerned parents, or because they possess a healthy dose of common sense, or even because they have a grudge against Truss, but any reason will do!
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i've been slowly writing one over the past week ... will attempt to get it done today!
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I love my friends who live inside my laptop
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working on mine now might be asking for help though
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ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!
just wrote a LONG letter ... took a couple of hours ... and somehow then totally lost it !!! ( all whilst trying to send it whilst Dh was talking to me ! ARGHHH! )
so ... going to have to find a couple of hours another night !!! ARGHHHHHHHHH!
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i am being a bit stupid! where do you see who/how many people have replied ????
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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Originally Posted by
The Juggler
i am being a bit stupid! where do you see who/how many people have replied ????
Ser my post earlier in the thread from yesterday with a link to the page and were to see the responces x
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Originally Posted by
AgentTink
Ser my post earlier in the thread from yesterday with a link to the page and were to see the responces x
tink I clicked on the link and it takes me to the page with committee members but can't see the repsonses????
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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Originally Posted by
loocyloo
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!
just wrote a LONG letter ... took a couple of hours ... and somehow then totally lost it !!! ( all whilst trying to send it whilst Dh was talking to me ! ARGHHH! )
so ... going to have to find a couple of hours another night !!! ARGHHHHHHHHH!
I hate it when this happens, and it always seems to happen on my longest documents!
I have become obsessed with saving since I lost a load of coursework a little while back. Where you typing straight onto a email or into a word document? Had you saved the document at any point?
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Originally Posted by
The Juggler
tink I clicked on the link and it takes me to the page with committee members but can't see the repsonses????
Scroll down to associated memorandum and there is a huge list of documents that have been submitted. Some are by indivduals other are by companies.
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Originally Posted by
AgentTink
Scroll down to associated memorandum and there is a huge list of documents that have been submitted. Some are by indivduals other are by companies.
cool thanks tinks xx
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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