Private Members’ Business – Nurture Provision

That this Assembly welcomes the report by the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation at Queen’s University Belfast, entitled ‘The Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Nurture Groups in Primary Schools in Northern Ireland’; welcomes the commitment of the Minister of Education to continuing to fund the 32 nurture units across Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister of Education to examine potential options to mainstream nurture provision within the current education budget.