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Q&As with guest speaker, Professor James Heckman

We convened this conference on the 21st February 2025 under the umbrella of FEFAF (a body of different groups led by mothers around Europe fighting for the value of care) and the London-based think-tank Civitas to challenge policymakers and ask the awkward questions.

• What are the needs of infants and children in their earliest years? 

• Does public policy align with their needs? 

• Is this the direction we wish to be heading?

We could not record the morning session (held in the House of Lords). The afternoon session was hosted by Civitas.

Part two of the afternoon session

We convened this conference on the 21st February 2025 under the umbrella of FEFAF (a body of different groups led by mothers around Europe fighting for the value of care) and the London-based think-tank Civitas to challenge policymakers and ask the awkward questions.

• What are the needs of infants and children in their earliest years? 

• Does public policy align with their needs? 

• Is this the direction we wish to be heading?

We could not record the morning session (held in the House of Lords). The afternoon session was hosted by Civitas.

Part one of the afternoon session

We convened this conference on the 21st February 2025 under the umbrella of FEFAF (a body of different groups led by mothers around Europe fighting for the value of care) and the London-based think-tank Civitas to challenge policymakers and ask the awkward questions.

• What are the needs of infants and children in their earliest years? 

• Does public policy align with their needs? 

• Is this the direction we wish to be heading?

We could not record the morning session (held in the House of Lords). The afternoon session was hosted by Civitas.