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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2009-06-17" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Family Day Care</name>
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        <heading>FAMILY DAY CARE</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
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          <question date="2009-06-17">
            <name>FAMILY DAY CARE</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:46): </by> I have a supplementary question. I note that DECS has had a number of policies under review. I recall reading that they were—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:  </by>Order! The honourable member must ask the question.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: </by> Can the minister summarise the feedback received by providers on the updated policies and also the expected time frame for the completion of those policies still under review?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="574" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business</electorate>
        <startTime time="2009-06-17T14:47:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="574">The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (14:47): </by> Obviously, they are matters for the Minister for Early Childhood Development and the Minister for Education, and I am happy to get that information. What I believe is important as the Minister for Small Business is that, as family day carers are an important and significant number of people, we should represent them through the ministry of small business, and that we will do. However, in relation to the specific questions concerning the department—that is, the Department of Education and Children's Services—I am happy to refer them to the minister and bring back a response.</text>
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