Ministers' Meetings

Met The 3 Million; Immigration Law Practitioners Association

Discussion regarding concerns on the transition to eVisas.

Met Airbus SE

Discussion held after announcement of the decision to not extend the Puma support contract

Met Public Digital

To discuss Public Sector reform.

Met Information Commissioner

Introductory meeting to discuss health and data

Met Shell

Discussion on Brent decommissioning, including technical aspects, timescales, and the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) forum

Met Ione Wells, Foreign Correspondent, BBC Political

To discuss the Minister's new role as Minister for Latin America and Caribbean

Met Consular meeting

Discussion of Consular case

Met Meeting with NGOs

Discussion of humanitarian situation in Middle East

Met Founders Forum

To discuss tech sector growth and scale-ups.

Met East of England Local Government Association

To discuss the Government's plans for greater devolution

Met Salford City Council, Manchester City Council, South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, North East Combined Authority, Birmingham City Council, East Sussex, County Council, Southampton Council, Southwark Council, Ealing Council, Barnsley Council, Plymouth City Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Rutland County Council, Local Government Association, New Local, Sheffield City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council

To discuss Public Service Reform, and local prevention plans

Met British Retail Consortium

To discuss business rates

Met Disability Rights UK

Meeting to discuss how DWP can aim to support more disabled people and those with health conditions to enter and stay in work

Met RSPCA

To discuss the use of animals in science

Met Fife Council

To discuss cultural funding in Dunfermline

Met Citizens UK, Nation Association for Voluntary and Community Action, Power to Change, Resolution Foundation, Young Foundation, UK Community Foundations, Voice4change England, Local Change, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

To discuss local growth and support for communities

Met King's College Health Partners

To discuss life sciences policy

Met TUC

Introductory meeting to discuss seafarers welfare charter and employment rights bill, maritime decarbonisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism, airspace modernisation and skills issues in both sectors

Met 1point5/Carbon Engineering

Introductory meeting to discuss avaition decarbonisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel revenue certainty mechanism and direct air capture technology

Met National Trails

Meeting to discuss their priotrities regarding access to nature and government funding

Met Contact

Meeting to discuss Contact's suggestions for Universal Credit

Met Scope, Business Disability Forum, Versus Arthritis, Mind

Minister spoke to stakeholders to provide further detail on the Get Britain Working White Paper on how the Government will support people into work. To reassure stakeholders we will be engaging with them as we design and develop the reform.

Met Disability Rights UK

Meeting to discuss how DWP can aim to support more disabled people and those with health conditions to enter and stay in work

Met Our Future Health

To discuss life sciences policy

Met Rosamund Powell

AI Safety

Met Stellantis

To discuss Stellantis' investment in the UK

Met Basingstoke Council

To discuss the National Planning Policy Framework

Met Coca-Cola

To discuss next steps on the deposit return scheme

Met SMMT

To represent the department at the SMMT's 107th Annual Dinner, and to meet key stakeholders in advance of the launch of the ZEV Mandate Consultation

Met GMB Union

Meeting with National Officers, Eamon O'Hearn Large, and Keiran O'Neill to discuss opportunities for engagement between Private Hire Industry and DfT.

Met Voi, Lime, Tier-dott, Beryl, Neuron, Zipp, Ginger, Bolt

Introductory roundtable meeting to hear from a series of E-scooter operators, before setting future direction of micromobility policy

Met Representatives from Birmingham City, Bradford Metropolitan District, and Sheffield City Councils

To discuss Clean Air Zones (CAZs) and retrofitted buses.

Met London EV Show

To provide a keynote speech at the Electric Vehicle show at the Excel Centre in London focussing on EV adoption, the ZEV mandate, charging infrastructure, and the transition to Net Zero.

Met Healthy Brains Global Initiative and University of Southampton

Meeting for the Minister to listen to ideas to reduce unemployment for Disabled people.

Met Confederation of British Industry, Trade Union Congress, Federation of Small Business

Calls preceding the publication of the Get Britain Working paper.

Met Peterborough College

Observe and participate in a session with the mechanical engineer apprentice training, meet with five employers and their apprentices at a fair style set up, and deliver remarks to them about the upcoming white paper.

Met RAC Foundation

To attend the RAC Foundation's annual winter reception.

Met Institute for Government

To discuss Institute for Government research on local growth

Met Citizens UK, Local Trust, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, Power to Change, Community Organisers, Co-operatives UK, Involve, Locality, National Association of Local Councils, New Local

To discuss community empowerment and local growth

Met Kwajo Tweneboa

To discuss social housing reforms

Met Living streets

Introduction with the Chief Executive to Living Streets, Catherine Woodhead, to discuss government's active travel plans.

Met Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

A discussion on Statutory Sick Pay

Met Employment Related Services Association

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper and concerns ERSA may have on it's publication.

Met Fire Protection Association and FireQual

To discuss fire safety

Met Greater Anglia

To discuss Greater Anglia's performance

Met Emperia; CADRO; Gravity Industries Ltd; Tyk; Zen Educate; SatVu; tepeo; Vertice; Juro; BibliU; Zeti Limited; Secondmind; TrustedHousesitters; SURF Security; Material Evolution; Virtual Internships; Puraffinity; Tech Nation; OakNorth; HSBC Innovation Bank UK; HSBC Innovations; Attest; XYZ Reality

To engage with UK scaleups and gather insights to continue shaping the Industrial Strategy.��

Met Royal National Institute of Blind People

Parliamentary Reception where Minister met with staff and discussed the benefits of Assistive Tech for people with visual impairments.

Met Variety Disability Sports Awards

Minister attended Variety Disability Sports Award and congratulated winners for their contributions to disability sports.

Met MS Society

Meeting to continue to build a constructive relationship with the MS Society and understand their concerns around adequate employment and welfare support for people living with MS, while also reinforcing the government�s commitment to working with disabled people.

Met Tess Valley Lithium, Siemens Digital Industries, Automotive Council, Lockheed Martin Space, BMT, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Aerospace Growth Partnership, Make UK, Food and Drink Federation, ADS, Chemical Industries, Association, SMMT, ABPI, Composites UK, Energy Intensive Users Group, Critical Minerals Association, Railway Industry Association, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Institute for Manufacturing, Oxa, Henry Royce Institute, University of Cambridge

To discuss advanced manufacturing