If so, Danish representatives visiting London last month were very gracious about it.
I attended a roundtable run by the Reform think-tank at which Denmark's minister for children and education, Christine Antorini, spoke about Danish daycare - its absolute centrality to the labour market and the presumption of gender quality there.
Driven by economic factors and the need to have women in the workforce, but underpinned by the desire to promote children's well-being, development and learning, and a desire to eradicate deprivation, the Danish system sounds Nirvana indeed.
Municipalities have a legal obligation to provide childcare for all, with highly-trained staff, and for which parents pay a maximum of 25 per cent of the costs. There is little regulation, but great pressure to provide high-quality care, so that the government is now investing £59 million to improve staff:child ratios.
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