A child’s first 1,000 days: renewing the political focus

21 March 2 mins read Layla Moran Early Years Health

A key feature of Parliament’s select committees is our ability to examine how government policy is actually operating in practice.

Layla Moran MP is chair of the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee

Working cross-party to hold the government accountable and also to contribute to its decisions, we listen to evidence from experts and report our findings to the government, recommending actions to improve real life situations.

Committees usually select topics for inquiries as developments demand. But sometimes there is a need to re-visit a subject in the light of a new context. That’s why we are today launching a new inquiry on the first 1,000 days of life, to renew political focus on early childhood development, in light of the current government making “breaking down barriers to opportunity” one of its six core missions and committing to “set every child up for the best start in life”.

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