Layla Moran has joined the calls by Lib Dem Leader at Vale of White Horse, Cllr Emily Smith for a return to virtual meetings for local councils n light of Plan B restrictions and the ever-increasing spread of the Omicron variant. 

In the run-up to Christmas, Layla Moran MP renewed calls for the Government to repeal the “Dickensian” Vagrancy Act. Layla has been campaigning for the repeal of the Vagrancy Act since a group of Oxford University students brought the injustice to her attention, and she has been pushing the Government to repeal this piece of legislation, which criminalises those who are homeless, ever since.

Layla Moran has called on the Prime Minister to take action to address food shortages caused by the supply chain crisis that is affecting community larders in Layla’s constituency and across the country.  Layla asked the Prime Minister, during Prime Ministers Questions on 24th November, what action he will be taking to ensure that surplus food will not be wasted, but instead be donated to organisations like The Cherwell Larder, based in Kidlington.

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, recently joined colleagues from across Parliament to support the Down Syndrome Bill which was debated in the House of Commons on 26th November. The Down Syndrome Bill was introduced as Dr. Liam Fox’s Private Members’ Bill, and Layla has supported this bill as one of its cosponsors.

Ahead of Small Business Saturday, tomorrow, Layla Moran, has called for taxes to be slashed on small businesses. Layla has backed the proposals which would benefit 1700 small businesses and entrepreneurs in Oxford West and Abingdon, from cafes and restaurants to high street shops.

Layla Moran has written to the Home Secretary calling on her to take action to tackle the recent epidemic of ‘spiking’ incidents. In her letter, Layla commended the “bravery and commitment” of young people who chose to boycott nightclubs last month and asked the Home Secretary to set out the action she would be taking to support the police and the nighttime industry in stamping out the worrying uptick in spiking incidents.

Layla Moran MP has described the Government’s Heat and Building Strategy, announced today, as “woefully inadequate” and “punishing the poorest and families across the country facing soaring energy bills this winter.”

In Autumn 2020, the Conservatives launched their Green Homes Grant, pledging to upgrade 600,000 homes. However, it was badly mismanaged and scrapped six months later having upgraded just 30,000 homes.

Layla Moran MP challenged Health Minister Maggie Throup yesterday in the House of Commons chamber over reports “that the approach the Government is taking is tantamount to herd immunity”.  In the exchange, Layla asked: “can the Minister be clear, is herd immunity the plan? And if it isn’t, what is?”

In her response, the Minister failed to answer or address the question. The exchange took place during an Urgent Question in the Commons over the Government’s Covid-19 strategy.

Layla Moran has backed an application for bathing status for parts of the Thames in Oxford. An application for bathing status is being made to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs this month for bathing status at Port Meadow, as part of a campaign to clean up our rivers.

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has called on the Government to double the Warm Home Discount for existing recipients and make it available to 189 extra pensioners across her constituency. The measure would prevent pensioners from being forced to “choose between eating and heating this winter”, she added. 

The call comes amid fears that local residents, particularly 1200 pensioners on low incomes, could be at risk from the energy crisis this winter.