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The Government took the research seriously, and it established a task force to consider the recommendations, find out how best to implement the ones that it wanted to and consider those that it did not necessarily think were the best options.
I am always concerned about the fact that we set out all these duties in legislation when, sometimes, they can be best left to guidance. I do not think that there is any more that I can add.
For example, we know that families will be able to access best start grants when a child is born, when the child starts nursery and when they start school.