Harriett Baldwin highlights the Scandinavian approach to child care where there are no mandatory ratios of children to carers but instead they rely on high-quality professionals exercising their professional judgment in a particular setting. Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con): Many people, including the shadow Education Secretary, have praised the Scandinavian approach to child care. Will the Minister confirm that in Sweden and Denmark there is no mandatory national child care ratio at all? Elizabeth Truss: My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there are no national ratios. Indeed, in parts of Sweden, no ratios at all are set for some nurseries. What the Swedes do is to rely on high-quality professionals exercising their professional judgment in the particular setting. That is the system we want to move to here. It is backed by the OECD and by Sir Michael Wilshaw of Ofsted, so I suggest the Opposition back it as well. | Hansard