Cardiff Central - Jo Stevens MP

CF10 Rugby Trust Launches Cardiff Rugby Museum – 22 March 2018

This week the Cardiff Rugby Heritage Museum was launched to celebrate the heritage of rugby in Cardiff.  The museum contains over 800 items of rugby memorabilia-caps, jerseys, photographs, ties, trophies, programmes and season tickets-together with reports and results from each season since 1876. The museum was the invention of members of…

Celebrating Cardiff as a European Sporting City

Celebrating Cardiff as a European Sporting City – 9 May 2018 Today is Europe Day where we can celebrate the fact that our once divided continent has enjoyed the longest period of peace it has ever known under the banner of the European Union. And, this Friday the Cardiff Blues will be taking on…

Business Questions – Air Passenger Duty

Business Questions – Air Passenger Duty – 25 Jan 2018 This morning I attended Cardiff Airport’s annual report briefing to Members of Parliament. Cardiff Airport, which is publically owned by the Welsh Labour Government, has gone from strength to strength, showing a nearly 50% growth since it was taken into public…

BskyB and Leveson Inquiry Update – 23 Jan 2018

BskyB and Leveson Inquiry Update – 23 Jan 2018 A number of constituents have written in to me over the last few months expressing concerns about both the Murdoch takeover bid of BskyB and the family’s corporate conduct. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have now said that the proposed purchase of…

Brexit Questions – Horizon 2020

Brexit Questions – Horizon 2020 – 2 Jan 2018 At this morning’s Exiting the EU Questions I had the opportunity to ask the Minister about the effect of leaving the EU on participation rates in the Horizon 2020 research funding programme, and in the Erasmus + programme. There a three universities…

Are You Paid Less Because You’re an Agency Worker?

Are You Paid Less Because You’re an Agency Worker? – 6 March 2018 Two people working alongside each other doing the same job should get the same rate of pay.  This week, the TUC published a report which shows that unscrupulous employers are undercutting wages by keeping people on agency contracts for years. …

Airstrikes in Syria 2018

2018 I woke up this morning to the overnight news that the UK had taken part in air strikes in Syria alongside the USA and France. I believe this action is illegal under international law. It has not been requested by the Syrian Government. There is no UN Security Resolution…

Opening of Adamsdown Primary School

This morning I had the great pleasure of attending the official opening of the new building at Adamsdown Primary School. The school has received significant investment from the Welsh Labour Government’s 21st Century Schools programme, as well as strong commitment from Cardiff’s Labour Council. We were taken on a tour…

100 Days Until the Champions League Final Comes to Cardiff

It’s now 100 days until the UEFA Champions League final comes to Cardiff! In 2014 we had a taste of European football in Cardiff when Real Madrid beat Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup at the Cardiff City Stadium, but this will represent the very first time that the famous Champions League trophy…

Transport Questions – Funding for Cardiff Central Station

Transport Questions – Funding for Cardiff Central Station – 18 Jan 2018 This morning in Transport Questions I asked the Secretary of State whether he would commit UK Government funding towards the much-needed redevelopment of Cardiff Central Station. The station is getting busier every year, with passenger numbers expected to…

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya Refugee Crisis – 29 Nov 2017 Earlier this month I visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh as part of a fact finding visit with the UNHCR and a small number of MPs. Nearly 1 million Rohingya people have fled Rakhine Provine in Myanmar (Burma). Since 25th August 2017, over 600,000 people, mainly women and children have…

Vote for Community Projects in Cardiff Central to win the Aviva Community Fund

Vote for Community Projects in Cardiff Central to win the Aviva Community Fund – 26 Oct 2017 The Aviva Community Fund awards funding of up to £25,000 for local community projects across a range of categories such as health & wellbeing, skills for life and community support.  All applications have now…

Visiting the Newly Redeveloped Powerhouse

Visiting the Newly Redeveloped Powerhouse – 31 July 2017 I was pleased this morning to be able to visit the newly redeveloped Powerhouse hub in Llanedeyrn. It was fantastic to see the hub already buzzing with residents checking out the new facilities on offer here. The new Powerhouse Hub in Llanedeyrn provides a wider…

Visiting 72nd Cardiff Guides

Visiting 72nd Cardiff Guides – 7 Feb 2017 72nd Cardiff Guides invited me to visit them at their weekly session at Albany Rd Baptist Church last Friday. I spoke about what being a Member of Parliament involves, what I do in Parliament and in the constituency, how everything we do is political…

Visit to new BBC HQ Site – 2 April 2017

Visit to new BBC HQ Site – 2 April 2017 This weekend I had the opportunity to visit the construction site for the new BBC Cymru Wales HQ in Cardiff Central Square. The new headquarters will house all of BBC Cymru Wales’ news and support staff, have a range of studios and the latest…

Victory for Womanby Street Campaigners – 5 Oct 2017

Victory for Womanby Street Campaigners – 5 Oct 2017 Last week we heard that the planning application to build a block of flats next to Clwb Ifor Bach on Womanby Street has been withdrawn. This was music to the ears of the Save Womanby Street campaign. Such a development would have been completely unsuitable for Womanby Street, which is a…

Update: Cardiff Met Cyncoed Development

Update: Cardiff Met Cyncoed Development – 9 Feb 2017 I was very pleased to learn yesterday that Cardiff Councillors have opposed the plans for the extension of the Cyncoed Campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University. I have been working closely with local residents and submitted an objection to the council, opposing the plans. The Campus is…

Update: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Update: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – 10 Oct 2017 As has been widely reported, the Iranian Government have brought new charges against Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, which could extend her stay in Iranian jail by up to 16 years. My Labour colleague Tulip Siddiq MP has described these charges as ’an outrage and must not be allowed to stand.’ The Iranian Revolutionary Guard…

United Against Dementia Campaign Drop-in

United Against Dementia Campaign Drop-in – 12 July 2017 Earlier this week I attended an Alzheimer’s Society event for parliamentarians to learn more about the issues affecting people with dementia. There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and it is the 21st Century’s biggest killer. In Cardiff Central there…

TVT Mesh Campaign

TVT Mesh Campaign – 7 July 2017 TVT (or Transvaginal) Mesh surgery is a medical procedure used to treat incontinence and prolapse. An increasing number of women have reported complications since having the surgery, with many suffering from chronic and debilitating pain as a result of the procedure. Lots of MPs…

Time is Long overdue for Reform of Weapons Export Rules

Time is Long overdue for Reform of Weapons Export Rules – 29 Sept 2017 In her speech to Labour Party conference this week, my colleague, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry MP made the very welcome announcement that the next Labour Government will completely reform the legal and regulatory framework governing the export of…

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