There were two points I made to the BBC while I sat behind the camera in my dinning room, as my son ran back and forth, avoiding a collision with the Golden Retriever!

Read the BBC article here.

The first point was obvious, the need for more funding, to ensure childcare provision for our children.

But the second was just as vital.

It was to provide existing childcare the support and education needed around special needs care.

My points were all in support of a cross-party Senedd committee report which said that 38% of councils did not have enough childcare for disabled children anywhere in their area.

I have received funding in the past to put Rhys in wraparound care or holiday clubs, but it has not worked. Not because the money wasn’t available, I was lucky and fought and got a nice sum to pay a wage for the entire summer. But the educated staff, the structure, the knowledge and experience wasn’t there.

We don’t need separate childcare facilities. We need to build on the facilities we have got. We have to adapt the way current childcare is run and make it available for all abilities.

For that we need the funding, but most importantly our childcare needs the support and education to know how they can help.