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I thank Ms McNeill for the tone and tenor of her questions. She is right to point out the impact of the new best start grant and the additional income that it can get to low-income families throughout a child’s early years.
I would argue that the issue of overspill is separate to what we are looking at at this point, which is the Government’s requirement, under the 2018 act, to uprate by the best measure of price inflation.
On standardisation, I will draw on some of the points that Ben Howarth mentioned about dialogue among local authorities through formally convened forums where they can share best practice.
You have around seven minutes, minister. 19:18 I thank members for their contributions tonight and Mr Marra for bringing this debate to the chamber. I will do my best to respond to as many of the points that have been raised as I can in the short time that we have.