Chairman of the REC childcare division Peter Cullimore said, 'No regulatory scheme is going to prevent every incident from happening, but we hope that this register will have a major effect in preventing many of the horror stories that we hear.' A nanny register is also among several items in the Regulation of Childcare Providers Bill presented in Parliament last month by Geraint Davies MP, who said, 'Abusive childminders may escape detection by becoming nannies, as nannies are currently unregulated.' The Bill is up for a second reading in June. Watch this space.
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