It is now more than two months since the Government's consultation on relaxing child to adult ratios closed, and it has still not reached a decision on whether or not to listen to the deafening opposition of both families and the sector.
The arguments put forward in this week's Westminster Hall debate on the subject clearly showed there is consensus that existing ratios should remain – and with participating MPs united in this view, the 109,000 people who have signed the petition can take some comfort that it probably won't come to pass (news, 15 November). But at this moment in time, nothing seems certain.
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