REGULATION OF CHILDMINDERS

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That this House notes the recent conviction for manslaughter of Linda Bayfield, the childminder responsible for the tragic death of eight-month-old Joshua Osborne whilst in her care; welcomes the NSPCC's recent three-point campaign to ensure that all complaints against childminders should be thoroughly investigated and if they are judged unsafe they should be removed from the Ofsted list; believes that if a childminder remains on the register, details of actions taken against them must be made available to parents; further believes that childminders and nannies should never hit or shake a child, even with parental permission; and calls on the Government to introduce these measures forthwith.