Oxford MP Layla Moran expressed that the Queen's Speech will leave Oxfordshire residents feeling 'let down' and said Oxfordshire's local election 'sent a message'.
The Queen’s Speech, which sets out the Government’s legislative agenda for the new parliamentary session, was delivered today by Prince Charles and promised 38 new bills.
These include a new bill of rights to replace the Human Rights Act, A Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, and an Energy Security Bill.
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Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford and West Abingdon Layla Moran said: “Residents across Oxfordshire will be feeling incredibly let down by the Queen’s Speech put forward today, as it does nothing to address their chief concerns.
“Voters in Oxfordshire sent a clear message to this Government in the local elections, that they are fed up with being taken for granted. Once again, it seems that Boris Johnson is simply not listening to them.”
Ms Moran's main concerns were lack of action on the cost of living crisis, investment in Oxfordshire’s cycling and active travel infrastructure, or sewage discharge into the county’s waterways.
She said: “Rather than unnecessary legislation about protests, and appealing to the right-wing of his party with more bills about Brexit, Boris Johnson should have taken this opportunity to take action on the issues that really matter to people in our area, and across the country."
Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds also felt the Queen's Speech fell short.
She said:"In the context of spiralling inflation, slow growth and families struggling to make ends meet, it is shocking that today's Queen's Speech contained no plan to address the cost of living crisis.
"The Conservatives are clearly out of ideas and this Queen's speech will not tackle the issues Oxford's residents are facing”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “It is right that we continue doing whatever we can to ease the burdens people are grappling with now, supporting the hardest-hit with £22 billion of help to address the cost of living and cutting hundreds of pounds off household bills.
“But we must also remember that for every pound of taxpayers’ money we spend on reducing bills now, it is a pound we are not investing in bringing down bills and prices over the longer term.”
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