A Labour amendment to the Children and Families Bill that would have put current childcare ratios into legislation has been withdrawn.
Members of the House of Lords decided to remove amendments 235 and 236 of the bill while it was being discussed during the Lords Committee stage on Wednesday.
The clauses would have ensured staff-to-child ratios of no less than one to three for children under two years old; of one to four for children between two and three years old; and of one to six for children under eight years old where only one child is under one-year-old and only three children are young children.
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