Nursery World - Interview - Deborah Lawson, general secretary of Voice

Voice, the union for education professionals, is leading the Regulation Matters campaign, calling for the registration and regulation of all home childcarers, including nannies, maternity nurses, doulas and au pairs.

What are the key early years issues that Voice is campaigning on this year?

Voice will continue to campaign on behalf of our early years members to promote improvement across the sector, ensuring that the early years workforce is not overlooked, and that its voice is heard in response to the anticipated recommendations of the Childcare Commission and the Nutbrown Review, for example. We anticipate that we will be very busy with the early years sector this year.

You launched the Regulation Matters campaign in October - how is the campaign going?

I am pleased to say that it is progressing well and gaining momentum. Since Voice, Chiltern College, Morton Michel, Nannytax and The Association of Nanny Agencies launched the campaign in October, it has gained the support of several other significant national and international organisations, including BAPN (British Association of Professional Nannies), the National Children's Bureau, Norland College and REC (The Recruitment and Employment Confederation).

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