Over 60 MPs and Peers from five parties, as well as crossbenchers and the Bishop of Manchester, have written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick urging him to include the repeal of the Vagrancy Act in the Queen’s Speech (11th May 2021), in a letter led by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran.

Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has said she is “delighted” by the Lib Dems’ “sensational results” as they gained 8 seats to elect their largest-ever group to Oxfordshire County Council,  adding that it was “a ringing endorsement of our hard work in communities across the county.”  

Layla Moran has said a “plan is needed urgently” to “save local councils from the brink”, after the National Audit Office published a report warning that local authorities will be under serious financial pressure in 2021-22 and urgently need reassurance from the government on further funding or support.

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has said the Government is “letting down flood victims” after they refused to make the Property Flood Resilience Grants Scheme available to people who were flooded this Christmas and New Year. 

Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, and the Lib Dems voted against the “draconian” Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons on 16th March.

Responding to news that vaccination rates among those over 70 from ethnic minority background in England are markedly lower than the national average, as revealed by new ONS figures, with over four in ten of those from a Black African background not yet receiving a first dose of the vaccine, Layla Moran MP said: “These stark figures reveal the deeply alarming low uptake of the vaccine among ethnic minority groups, who we know are particularly vulnerable to serious disease from Covid-19.

Layla Moran has marked the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year’s theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is “Youth standing up against racism”.

Young people were at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd in the United States. Layla said “we still have much more to do” on racial injustice, marking the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Layla Moran MP has welcomed the news that the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway project has been cancelled. Layla said “this is a major win for everyone in our community” and “for our environment.”

Last week, there was a debate on Conversion Therapy in the House of Commons, which I applied to be part of but unfortunately was not selected. This article is what I would have said had I spoken in the debate. 

Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has said SMEs “have been left behind” by today’s Budget, as she vowed to “fight to protect our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy and at the heart of our local communities.”