Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is (a) affordable and (b) accessible.”
Tabled: 28 June 2022Answered: 4 July 2022
Asked by
Matt Rodda
Labour — Reading Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
The Prime Minister and President von der Leyen have agreed to strengthen the relationship between the UK and the EU. Vice-President Šefčovič, whom I met in Strasbourg on Tuesday, and I will be getting the reset moving this autumn. As part of this, the Government will seek to negotiate a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement and remove other barriers to trade.