Newport MP Ruth Jones Leads Calls for Women's Centre to Be Opened

Calls for controversial centre for female offenders in Welsh city to be prioritised

Planning permission for the controversial centre is in place

Newport MP Ruth Jones leads calls for women's centre to be opened

The Welsh Affairs Committee - led by Newport MP Ruth Jones - is urging the Government to open a women’s centre in Swansea.

MP says planned centre for female offenders in Swansea should be opened

A RESIDENTIAL centre for female offenders should be prioritised in Swansea, an MP has said. Ruth Jones, chairwoman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, called on Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood, to press ahead with plans set out by the previous Conservative Government for such a facility in Cockett. The