The paper is to be drawn up by Maria Miller, shadow minister for family, David Willetts, shadow universities secretary, and Samantha Callan, family and society policy specialist for the Conservative Policy Unit.
Ms Callan told Nursery World, 'Nothing is set in concrete with the paper. We have spoken to a lot of people and want to come up with realistic and well-researched policies to suit parents and the time we live in.'
The plans were revealed last Wednesday at a Tory summit called Family Friendly Britain, chaired by Ms Miller.
They make strengthening the family a priority, focusing on pressures on families, the effect of divorce and separation and consequences of the Government's working tax credits for single parents.
There will also be an emphasis on choice in childcare and extending flexible working to parents with children under the age of 18.
Topics at Family Friendly Britain included early intervention, family breakdown, flexible working and Sure Start children's centres.
Organisations giving presentations included 4Children, the Daycare Trust and the Family and Parenting Institute.
The Conservatives expressed a commitment to Sure Start and spoke of plans to broaden their support to families of children up to 19, recommended last year in the Breakthrough Britain report by former party leader Iain Duncan Smith (News, 11/09/2008).
They also voiced concerns at the drop in the number of childminders and the effect the recession could have on private nurseries.
Marian Pearson, director of operations at the National Childminding Association said, 'NCMA welcomes the continued commitment to formal childcare and childminding as a childcare choice. However, it is important to ensure that quality remains a priority in addition to quantity of provision, which can only be achieved with funding and support for registered childminders.'
