Ministers' Meetings

Met Institute for Government

Training session hosted by the Institute for Government for new ministers who are also new MPs

Met Cardinal Nichols

Introductory meeting to discuss community cohesion

Met NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hospitality Ulster NI Meat Exporters Association KPMG NI Electricity Networks Mineral Products Association NI ASDA Institute of Directors NI Food and Drink Association Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association Federation of Small Businesses Ulster Farmers Union Manufacturing NI NI Retail Consortium Dairy Council for NI Confederation of British Industry Logistics UK Road Haulage Association Retail NI Centre for Cross Border Studies Church Leaders’ Group Consumer Council for NI Cooperation Ireland Disability Action Equality Coalition Unison NI NI Council for Voluntary Action NI Human Rights Consortium Migrant Centre NI Queen’s University Belfast

Meeting with key Northern Ireland Civic Society and Business Community stakeholders regarding the Windsor Framework and UK-EU Reset.

Met Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)

To discuss the Energy Profits Levy

Met Chris Evans, Editor, Telegraph

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Urenco

To discuss nuclear fuels

Met Money Saving Expert

To discuss the Chancellor's July Fiscal Statement

Met Sizewell C

To discuss Sizewell C progress

Met Unite Union, GMB, Unison, Trade Union Congress, Prospect, RMT

To discuss the Office for Clean Energy Jobs, skills, and collaboration between Government and Trade Unions

Met York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met East Midlands Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met North East Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met Harbour Energy

To discuss the Energy Profits Levy

Met Equinor

To discuss the Energy Profits Levy

Met Renewable UK

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including ramping up renewables and grid connections

Met CAN-UK, Save the Children UK, CAFOD, E3G, Greenpeace, Christian Aid

Roundtable to discuss COP29 plans, the energy transition, UNFCCC negotiations and New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) priorities,

Met Mark Donne

To discuss decarbonisation of the music sector

Met Roula Khalaf, Editor, Financial Times

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Tony Gallagher, Editor, The Times

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Ovo

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities and the energy retail sector

Met Competition and Markets Authority

To discuss the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act, cost of living, Growth and Industrial Strategy and secondary ticketing

Met FloodRe�

Meeting to discuss Flooding insurance

Met Ted Verity, Editor, Daily Mail

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Chief Superintendant, Metropolitan Police

To discuss the mass stabbing incident in Southport

Met Victoria Newton, Editor, The Sun

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Katharine Viner, Editor, The Guardian

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met Roundtable: Unite, GMB Union, Unison, TUC , Prospect, RMT

Discussed the Office for Clean Energy Jobs

Met Hydrogen Energy Association

Introductory stakeholder call to share vision for the new government and the role of hydrogen

Met Local Government Association

Call to discuss Chancellor's Statement

Met Citizen's Advice

Call to discuss Chancellor's Statement

Met Age UK

Call to discuss Chancellor's Statement

Met World Health Organization

To discuss the work of the World Health Organization

Met Yoshua Bengio

Introductory Lunch covering the International AI Safety Report

Met Carers UK

Visit with Carers UK to meet unpaid carers and discuss their experiences of being in receipt of carers allowance

Met UK-India Digital Public Infrastructure Event

To discuss UK and Indian approaches to Digital Public Infrastructure.

Met World Health Organisation

Introductory meeting with World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General to emphasise UK support for multilateralism and WHO, discuss WHO reform efforts and the pandemic accord

Met Tony Gallagher & Victoria Newton

Current Affairs

Met Sir Andrew Dilnott

To discuss charging reform in adult social care

Met Office of Rail and Road

Introductory meeting with the Chair and CEO of the Office of Rail and Road

Met Orkney Islands Council, European Marine Energy Centre, Orcades Marine, HITRANS, UHI Orkney, Aquatera Group, Serco Northlink Ferries

Roundtable discussion on maritime decarbonisation, skills and oppotunites and challenges to growth on Orkney while on visit to the Orkney Islands

Met UNISON

To discuss industrial relations

Met Metropolitan Police Service Lambeth Headquarters

To visit the Lambeth Headquarters Operations Room

Met Sustainable Markets Initiative, Conocophillips, bp, ExxonMobil, Occidental, Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Charter, HSBC, SOCAR, State Street, CEPSA, Octopus, Royal Botanical Gardens, PwC

Roundtable audience with HMTK and COP Troika, to discuss oil and gas decarbonisation, and COP commitments

Met JHSF

Meeting during Ministerial Visit to Brazil to discuss investment opportunities.

Met PetroIneos

To discuss the Grangemouth refinery

Met Network Rail

To discuss Transport Strategy

Met GP Committee, British Medical Association

To discuss industrial relations

Met British Medical Association - Resident Doctors Committee

To discuss industrial relations

Met Junior Doctors Committee, British Medical Association

To discuss the Junior Doctors dispute

Met International Labour Organisation

Meeting to build the UK relationship with the Director General, reaffirm the UK's ongoing commitment to the missions and objectives of the International Labour Organisaton and support for the work of the Director General