DOZENS of nursery school providers joined together last Friday for a meeting to discuss the future of nursery provision in South West Surrey.New Government guidelines have triggered many providers to fear that they may be put out of business as a result of a new regulation which says they will be unable to charge a top-up fee.The meeting, which was held in Elstead Village Hall, was attended by Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow education minister Maria Miller and Surrey County Council’s Andrew Crisp. Representatives from Montessori and the Small Business Federation were also in attendance.Speaking after the meeting, Jeremy said: “By uniting together, we want to put out a strong message to the Government that we will not let them threaten the future of private nursery care provision in our region or anywhere else in the UK. “I was delighted with the number of people who attended the meeting. We are now working on ways of driving this campaign forward.”Jeremy and Maria Miller want the Government to put all plans on hold until a full evaluation of the impact of the scheme is carried out.Maria said: “This situation needs to be resolved quickly. The Government’s new rules on funding are threatening the future financial stability of nurseries, which is clearly of concern to both parents and nursery providers.“We will continue to press the Government to halt the implementation of these new rules, and would urge all concerned parents and providers to get involved with the Save Our Nurseries Campaign (www.saveournurseries.org) in order to register their support.”