The comment was made in response to a Parliamentary question from Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, asking what steps the education secretary is taking to protect nurseries from closing due to the introduction of the 30 hours.
In response, Mr Zahawi said, ‘No nursery needs protecting from the introduction of 30 hours free childcare as providers don’t have to offer places if it doesn’t work with their business model. In fact, evidence from the evaluation of early delivery of 30 hours free childcare found that the majority of providers already delivery early years entitlements were willing and able to deliver 30 hours free childcare.’
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