Motion

Motion TitleEarly Years Development and Pre-School Childcare (Revised Wording)

Motion TextThat this Assembly recognises that the experience of children in the early years of life has multiple impacts on development, health and educational achievement; believes that there should be a common, cross-departmental approach to funding, inspection, registration and access to child and family support services; calls on the Minister of Education to develop and bring forward an early education and care act and a care and early childhood development strategy with resourced and supported training, qualifications and a professional development strategy for the entire early years workforce; and further calls on the Minister to bring forward proposals for the provision of free pre-school childcare for children aged three and four years to a minimum of 20 hours per week to be in place in the 2016/17 financial year, and for an increase in provision to 30 hours per week from the 2017/18 financial year.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office26/05/2016

Date Selected By Committee31/05/2016

Date of Plenary Debate07/06/2016