The Bill is currently being debated at the committee stage of the House of Lords.
Clause 76 of the Bill removes section 11 of the Childcare Act 2006, which places a statutory duty on local authorities in England to carry out and publish audits of the sufficiency of childcare in their area every three years.
The Government has said that it wants to remove the duty on local authorities to carry out the assessments to cut down on bureaucracy.
On Monday, Baroness Tyler, proposed that the clause should not be included in the Bill.
‘My key concern is that repealing Section 11 and associated regulations without an effective replacement will effectively revoke the Childcare Act sufficiency duty altogether in many areas,’ she said.
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