The coronavirus A DEBATE on the long term effects of the coronavirus will be held in parliament after calls for the discussion by an Oxford MP. Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon has secured the first Commons debate on Long Covid on Thursday, January 7 with cross-party support. The Backbench Business Committee granted the application by Layla Moran, co-sponsored by Dr Dan Poulter MP (Con) and Andrew Gwynne MP (Lab) and supported by many others. Ms Moran, who is also Chair of the APPG on Coronavirus, said that the debate “is long overdue” and called on “those with lived experience and clinical experience to tell us your stories” in advance of the debate.