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"Madam President, it is deeply disappointing that so many countries are not meeting the Barcelona targets – and perhaps if this debate had been at 9 a.m. rather than 9 p.m. we might have seen more colleagues in this Chamber.
Many have spoken about the economic crisis. This is not a time to dismiss childcare but to increase quality, affordable childcare for all. We need, like never before, to invest in our children. An investment in quality childcare will help families and children alike in providing families – mostly mothers – with an opportunity to work, by giving children the chance to a high-quality, nurturing environment akin to the home.
This weekend, I heard a talk from a leading Scottish psychiatrist and also someone from Barnardo’s. Their views concerned vulnerable children and it was shocking to find out that, if there is no intervention to help vulnerable children, a vulnerable child could be damaged irrevocably by the age of three. Childcare helps families and society as a whole, and it can help the most vulnerable children too. I urge the Commissioner to keep the pressure on."@en1
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