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  Children and Families Bill - New Clause 6 - Staff to Child Ratios for Ofsted-Registered Childminding Establishments
  
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  @ MP voted aye for new maximum ratios of children to childminders applying to Ofsted registered childminding establishments.
  @ MP voted no against new maximum ratios of children to childminders applying to Ofsted registered childminding establishments.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to introduce a new maximum ratios of children to childminders applying to Ofsted registered childminding establishments.
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That the clause be added to the Bill.
  
  The clause in question was proposed New Clause 6[2] which sought to require Ofsted-registered childminding establishments to have a minimum ratio of staff to children of one to six; with a maximum of three being "young", and a maximum of one being under the a year old. 
  
  The rejected new clause defined a child as a âyoung childâ up until 1 September following his or her fifth birthday.
  
  The clause included additional criteria affecting the permitted ratios, including relating to care of the childminders' own children, the role of childminders' assistants and the use of monitoring equipment.
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/childrenandfamilies.html Parliament's webpage on the Children and Families Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2013-06-11b.268.0#g268.1 House of Commons, Official Record, 11 June 2013]
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