The amendment put forward by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, calls for the education secretary to establish a comprehensive and sustainable funding solution, taking into account the findings of the funding review, before introducing the 30 hours of free childcare.
The 30-hour childcare offer, which will be available for three- and four-year-olds from families where all parents work a minimum of eight hours a week, is due to start from September 2016.
The tabled amendment goes on to state that if the secretary of state does not follow the recommendations of the funding review, she must prepare and publish a report outlining the reasons why.
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