Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 11 December 2018.
May I say, with regard to the childcare Bill, the aim is to ensure that it is easier for people to gain employment or to access employment? We know, of course, that one of the problems that people face is the fact that childcare is so expensive. So, the aim of the legislation is to ensure that that is dealt with—that childcare is available for free. Of course, the aim of the programme is to ensure that people can enter into the world of work, so if they want to do that they can have that opportunity, and that is why the Bill itself has been crafted in the way that it has, in order to get rid of financial obstacles or barriers that stand between people and access to employment, and also, of course, by doing that, reduce poverty across Wales.