Children’s Centres Barry Gardiner asked the secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (12 January 2009: Column 9W) what plans he has to

Beverley Hughes: Yes, we plan to legislate for Sure Start Children’s Centres as part of the forthcoming Children, Skills and Learning Bill. The public consultation exercise ‘Legislating for Sure Start Children’s Centres’ closed on 6 November and we received over 300 replies. An overwhelming 97% of respondents agreed with our proposal to give Sure Start…