Simon Kirby, MP for Kemptown and Peacehaven, welcomed the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, to Brighton yesterday to discuss the importance of tourism to the area.
Over 8 million people visit Brighton every year and 14% of all jobs in the City are linked to the tourism industry.
Simon said: “It was great to bring Sajid to Brighton to see for himself what a great tourist destination our city is. Tourism is an incredibly important part of the local economy and I will never apologise for promoting Brighton at every available opportunity.”
Sajid added: “More and more people are visiting Britain with Brighton remaining an incredibly popular destination. Having visited, it is easy to see why. Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven have a great advocate in Simon Kirby who has helped bring superfast broadband, the Rugby World Cup and is a tireless equalities campaigner. I look forward to coming back to Brighton soon.”
Whilst in Brighton, the Minister also visited Latest TV to learn more about the work being done in preparation of the local television station going live later in the year.
Simon added: “With so many success stories in Brighton, particularly in the creative industries, I was pleased to show the Secretary of State just some of the activities going on in our city.
The Minister then moved on to the Red Roaster coffee shop on St James’s Street to meet with James Ledward editor of GScene to discuss a range of LGBT issues affecting the local community including hate crime and community safety in the Gay Village. James outlined the case for more consideration to be paid to legislation supporting transgender people especially with regard to employment issues and sought clarity about when legislation would be in place for people to convert their Civil Partnerships to marriage. The Minister indicated that legislation would be in place by the end of the year.
Sajid said: “The UK has once again this year been ranked number one in Europe for LGBT rights by the Rainbow Europe human rights survey. My priority is to make sure it stays there next year and for many years to come. I am particulary proud of the Governments achievements delivering the recent equal sex marriage legislation.”
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