Oral Answers to Questions

Layla Moran Excerpts

Wednesday 4th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

It is because of strong local Labour MPs like my hon. Friend that towns like Hartlepool, treated as an afterthought by the Conservatives, are having their future restored. We are making billions more available so that councils can properly fund social care, and we are driving down the cost of living for parents and their children, including with three free breakfast clubs in my hon. Friend’s constituency, and more than 3,000 children there no longer incapacitated by the two-child limit. That is the difference a Labour Government make.

[Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD)]

Q11. My residents are sick of being let down by Thames Water. Robert and Patricia were sent a £39,000 bill that they did not actually owe; Len and Jenny were forced to use a Portaloo for months as sewage filled their home; and parents still think twice about sending their children to swim in the river. We understand that a £16 billion rescue deal is soon to cross the Prime Minister’s desk. Will he admit today what everyone already knows: that Thames Water is dead in the water; that any delay is pointless; and that it should be put out of its misery and rebuilt as a company for public benefit?

[The Prime Minister]

I thank the hon. Member for raising that matter; I know how important it is for her constituents. We have taken measures in relation to strengthening oversight and the control we have, and we will not hesitate to go further. I will make sure that she gets a meeting with the relevant Minister.