Live online chat with The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Minister for Children, on Thursday 24th May 1-2pm

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Hi all

Ok this is your chance to have your say about what, in an ideal world, you'd like to happen to childcare, nurseries and pre-schools (as well as debate what's happening in the sometimes non ideal world). The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister for Children and mum of three, will be joining us for a lunchtime chat on Thursday 24th May, so bring your sarnies, get your questions ready and join us then. For those of you who have unavoidable lunchtime commitments (and letters from your mum to prove it) we'll let you post your questions in advance here. For the rest of you, we'll see you on the 24th.

Hands up who would like to be Beverley Hughes at this moment in time?

oh i am SO ANGRY. really and truly, to think that bears of such little brain are running the country...

No, it's outrageous.

I've CATd BeverleyHughes.

I'd be very grateful if MN Towers could see she gets it.

Please feel free to post a response later, I'll be waiting.

an absolute disgrace

what a waste of time hers AND ours

I am utterly confident that disabled children's sporting facilities will be right at the top of the agenda from now on

it isn't funny - it is terrifying

how do you become a politician anyway? It can't be that hard obviously. Come on Aitch, come on hunkermunker, give it a go. PLEASE!

Me too, Aitch. shaking with rage.

I don't know why I'm surprised. I really don't.

I don't think she will give us a second thought. She will not look back at this thread.

do you reckon she is still reading this thred?

i lurked, and was really quite shocked at the banality and emptiness of those words, even from a politician

lol, i'm on the phone already!

Agree, Jools.
It's not funny.

So glad you are Aitch. Agree she won't give this thread a second thought. Unless it ends up in a newspaper of course...

There is a bear with a very big brain running the country (and I don't mean Tony Blair), and the big bear, well, he's just not into soft fluffy topics like the welfare of babies over the profits of large corporations.

Something tells me the Minister is new to this Mumsnet lark.

Lovely, Aitch

wonder if MNHQ warned her about mumsnet...tis a nest of vipers after all

And probably also new to dealing with Mothers who are Voters with Opinions on Important Things.

Minister?

Just someone reading out government policy from a book.

Anyone could do that.

Thanks Beverley and thanks everyone for joining in. An hour is obviously not long enough to cover such massive topics and big apologies to those who didn't get answers to their questions. Hopefully the fact that the questions were asked will at least be useful to Beverley's office in terms of working out what parents want.

Thanks again

MNHQ

She had from 17th May to answer the Nestle question.

I think the fact she didn't answer it speaks volumes.