Speaking at the launch of the Oxfordshire PVI Providers Association on Friday, Mr Johnson said he was ready to seek an adjournment debate on the issue in the House of Commons.
Providers are seeking a review of the code, which they say threatens their business sustainability.
Sally Fitchett, owner of the Lighthouse Montessori nursery in Newington and co-founder of the campaign, said she wanted the Government to stop enforcing the code and allow providers to charge parents top-up fees. She said that Oxfordshire County Council was fully aware that providers who signed up to the code were likely to breach it.
'I don't run my nursery on a shoestring. I don't have lot of young inexperienced staff, I have older and more qualified staff.'
Morag Wagstaff, whose daughter attends Lighthouse, welcomed Mr Johnson's support and said that while an adjournment debate cannot itself change Government policy, it 'would mean that Beverley Hughes might have to address some of these issues'.
Morag Wagstaff, whose daughter attends Lighthouse, welcomed Mr Johnson's support and said that while an adjournment debate cannot itself change Government policy, it would help raise the campaign's profile and 'would mean that Beverley Hughes might have to address some of these issues'.
