Ministers' Meetings

Met Campaigners interested in the issue of smartphones in schools

Roundtable discussion on smartphones in schools

Met Fire Brigades Union

To discuss the challenges facing the fire sector

Met Mary Robinson, President Juan Manuel Santos

Meeting at COP30 to discuss Planetary Guardians initiative and COP30 progress

Met Sir Brian Leveson

An introductory meeting with Sir Brian Leveson

Met Crisis, Shelter, Thames Reach, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, Justlife, Centre for Homelessness Impact, St Basils, Lambeth Council, Birmingham City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Lond

Roundtable to discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

Met SpecialEffect

Meeting at a Reception hosted by Playstation

Met Cornwall Council

To discuss social housing in Cornwall

Met Meeting with biotechnology, pharmaceutical companies and academic research partners

Discussion on Transatlantic biotech

Met British Association of Supported Employment

Event delivering a speech at the Disability Confidence in Action British Association of Supported Employment Business Summit to promote the work the Department is doing in this area to businesses engaging with Inclusive Recruitment practices.

Met Perplexity

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Women's Budget Group

Meeting to discuss how the work of the Women's Budget Group can support the work of the Department

Met Sean Redmond

To discuss the Chip Start Programme

Met Berkshire Business Board, Buckinghamshire Business Board, Cheshire and Warrington Business Board, Cumbria Business Board, East Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Essex Business Board, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Herefordshire Business Board, Hertfordshire Business Board, Hull & East Yorkshire Business Board, Leicester and Leicestershire Business Board, Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, Liverpool City Region MCA, Norfolk Business Board, Solent Business Board, South Midlands Business Board, Suffolk County Council, Swindon and Wiltshire Business and Growth Unit, Tees Valley Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, York North Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss local growth with Business Boards Network Chairs

Met Virgin Atlantic

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill, day-one rights, union recognition thresholds, representation adequacy, and preventing harassment in challenging environments

Met Softbank

To discuss UK AI priorites and SoftBank Vision Fund.

Met UWE Bristol; Leeds Beckett University; Northumbria University; Keele University

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met City Sikhs, West Midlands Neighbourhood Watch, University of Birmingham, Gurdwara Aid, Nishkam Civic Association, National Sikh Policy Association, Feed my City, British Sikh Consultative Forum, British Armed Forces, Croydon Gurdwara, Harrow Interfaith, Oasis Community Learning, Midland Langar Seva Society, Nishkam Swat, Tarak, BBC, Luton Gurdwara, Siri Sing Sabha Gurdwara, Sikh Women's Aid,

Roundtable to discuss issues facing Sikh communities

Met Medicines UK

To discuss medicines and biosimilars

Met Members of Improving Education Together (IET)

Regular termly meeting of Improving Education Together (IET)

Met Archbishop of Sudan

To discuss Sudan

Met Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire

To discuss police funding

Met AbbVie

To discuss life sciences, innovation and the UK commercial environment

Met National Housing Federation

To discuss the remediation of unsafe buildings

Met Brighton & Hove City Council

To discuss Brighton's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met City of York Council

To discuss York's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met The Elders

To discuss COP priorities

Met Crisis, Shelter, Thames Reach, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, Justlife, Centre for Homelessness Impact, St Basils, Lambeth Council, Birmingham City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater London Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Shared Health Foundation, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Expert Link, Local Government Association, National Housing Federation

Roundtable to discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

Met Beverley Craig OBE, Leader of Manchester Council

To discuss local government funding, and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Children's Social Care (CSC)

Met West Mercia Police Chief Constable

To discuss police funding

Met Coca Cola

To discuss the UK's business environment

Met Toyota

To discuss the UK's automotive environment

Met Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

To discuss Gateshead's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met ExxonMobil

To discuss the Exxon Mobil plant at Mossmorran

Met Movember; Men's Health Forum; Global Action on Men's Health; UK Men's Sheds Association; Local Government Association; People's Health Trust; Blue Ribbon; Fatherhood Institute; Association of Directors of Public Health; Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys; Samaritans

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met INEOS

To discuss the INEOS plant in Grangemouth

Met South Tyneside Council

To discuss South Tyneside's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met BCC, CB, FSB, MakeUK; ScaleUp Institute, Startup Coalition, Enterprise Nation

To discuss skills around the industrial strategy

Met European roundtable: GSK, Vodafone, AB Volvo, Air Liquide, Airbus, ArcelorMittal, ASML, AstraZeneca, BASF SE, BMW, Borealis AG, Capgemini, CIR, dsm-firmenich, E.ON, ENGIE SA, Eni, Ericsson, Heineken, Iberdrola, Inditext, Investor AB, L'Oreal, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Michelin, MOL, Norsk Hydro, NXP Semiconductors NV, Orange, Roche, Royal Philips, Saint-Gobain, Schneider Electric, Shell plc, Siemens, Smurfit Westrockm, Sonae, Syensqo, Techint Group of Companies, Telefonica, Thyssenkrupp, TITAN SA, TotalEnergies, Umicore, UPM, Veolia, Wolters Kluwer

A fireside chat to discuss international trade and collaboration with the EU

Met UK LGBTQI Global Giving Roundtable hosted by GiveOut

Spoke in Ministerial capacity at UK LGBTQI Global Giving Roundtable as a Government spokesperson for Equalities

Met FirstPort

To discuss FirstPort's performance as a property management agency

Met Building Societies Association (BSA)

To discuss retail investment, regulation, and Building Societies, Mutuals, and Co-ops.

Met Anna Brading, Influencer

Meeting to discuss building confidence for young people and their personal finances

Met Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Welsh Youth Organisation), The Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Service, TAITH (Wales international learning exchange program), Wales Arts International, WCIA (Welsh Centre for International Affairs), BGC (Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Climate Cymru, Welsh Government

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Domestic Advisory Group

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales

To discuss police reform announcement

Met Chris Mason, Political Editor, BBC

Meeting to discuss Parliamentary business

Met Greater London Authority

To discuss remediation of unsafe buildings in London

Met Hutchinson Ports

Met while on visit to Felixstowe to discuss future plans for the port, issues with decarbonisation and grid connectivity, potential for modal shift of freight and how the company is developing skills and employment growth

Met KPMG

To discuss Lord Stockwood's upcoming attendance at a KPMG roundtable

Met Royal Mail

To discuss Royal Mail strategic priorities and operational challenges