Childcare should be free for 1 year olds, when parents are working fulltime.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Parents who are working full time should be able to claim free childcare from when their children turn 1 years old.

Many working mothers have the unfair disadvantage of having to change careers or cut down their hours to look after their children. The impact of this means many women's potential earnings are severely reduced. Women are also less likely to seek out promotions or take on more responsibility at work due to the overwhelming demands of childcare on working mothers.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Provide free childcare to working parents for children over 9 months: Provide free childcare to working parents for children over 9 months.

Fund free childcare from 1 year old: Fund free childcare from 1 year old

Timeline

25 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jul 2021

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