Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham Hall Green, claimed that the nursery, operated by the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), has only enrolled one child so far and that the Commons authorities had effectively wasted over £1m on the setting.
The 40-place nursery opened last month on the site of a former bar and cafeteria, known as Bellamy's Bar, situated on the first floor at Number 1 Parliament Street, opposite the Palace of Westminster (News, 1 September)
The nursery offers full daycare for the children of MPs, civil servants and other Westminster staff.
Mr Godsiff said that £480,000 had been spent on refurbishing the bar ahead of the authorities' decision and a further £510,000 had been spent on converting the bar into a nursery.
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