Urgent Question on child care ratios
9 May 2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, Elizabeth Truss, responded to an Urgent Question asked by the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Stephen Twigg MP, on the Government's plans for changes to statutory regulations on child care ratios, on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the House of Commons.
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