Parliamentary Nursery

The first nursery at the House of Commons, opens today and  will be run by the London Early Years Foundation.

The 40-place nursery is on the site of the former bar and cafeteria, known as Bellamy's Bar, situated on the first floor at Number 1 Parliament Street, opposite the Palace of Westminster.
The nursery will provide full daycare for the children of MPs, civil servants and other Westminster staff  At the moment, it is not open to children of peers.
LEYF has already received interest from more than 20 parents who are considering registering their children at the setting.
This is all down to the Speaker John Bercow pushing ahead despite much opposition as you can imagine He said ,Parliament is 'behind the times' and needs to be more family-friendly.

Some Tories branded  it a 'reckless waste of taxpayers' money'.

Labour,  accused the Tories of being 'anachronistic and gave their backing to the project, with Joan Walley, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, North saying that 'workplace nurseries are important', and the Labour MP for West Bromwich, East, Tom Watson, criticising the 'anachronistic and vociferous views of a minority of MPs'. He said, 'There are plenty of places to get a beer in this place, but there is nowhere for our hard-working staff to drop off their kids.'
So now the  mother of all parliaments has room for children,alongside a hairdresser, travel agent, post office and a number of bars and restaurants.
About time too.