Ministers' Meetings

Met Global Climate and Health Summit

Spoke at their summit about links between climate change and health

Met Zurich Insurance

Meeting as part of your series of employer meetings to discuss ways of working with DWP

Met Roundtable with Breakfast Club stakeholders

Roundtable discussion of Breakfast Club Early Adopter programme

Met Catholic Education Service

Regular termly meeting between Secretary of State and the Catholic Education Service to discuss departmental policy

Met New Covent Garden Market

To discuss the benefits of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS) agreement following the UK/EU Summit.

Met West Midlands Combined Authority

Meeting to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy

Met Two foster carers

To hear concerns about a fostering case, following mishandling of correspondence

Met Church of England

Regular termly meeting between Secretary of State and the Church of England to discuss departmental policy

Met Hepatitis C Trust

Visited the headquarters of the Hepatitis C Trust to understand their priorities ahead of the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry's Additional Report on compensation and the Government's response.

Met Octoenergy, Pearson, WPP, Unilever, VodafoneThree, Mitie, Pinewood Group,

Data Exchanges Roundtable to discuss the role the UK Government should take in facilitating the development of data exchanges in the UK.

Met Relx

To discuss the government's AI Action Plan and how RELX have developed and adopted AI.

Met Open AI, Meta, IETF AI Preferences Working Group, Cloudflare, Sony Music Entertainment, RELX, Amazon, Alliance for Intellectual Property, News Media Association, Publishers Association, Creative UK, BPI, Ivors Academy, British Film, Institure, UK Music, Pact, The Guardian, IP Federation, UK Interactive Entertainment, Royal Society, Disney, Nvidia, Newspaper Licensing Agency, Council of Music Makers, DCMS Secretary of State

First of three plenary sessions with AI and creative industry stakeholders on the issue of AI and copyright. This was jointly hosted with DCMS SoS

Met Green Alliance Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)

Dinner roundtable to discuss progress and messaging on the UK's Net Zero ambitions

Met Lord Trees

Discussions around the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill, the Bill's next stage, and Baroness Hayman's role within the next stages.

Met Pinewood

To engage with high level UK businesses to build upon UK growth opportunities.

Met Science Creates

To discuss stakeholders experience of operating and scaling a tech company in the UK.

Met Octopus Energy

To discuss digital transformation of public services.

Met Vertical Aerospace

Introduction meeting

Met Doreen Soulsby

Meeting with victim's family

Met Heat Vault

To discuss their proposals for long duration thermal energy storage

Met Brian Madderson, Car Wash Associations

Discussion on the prevention of Illegal Working in the Car Wash sector

Met Robert Peston, Political Editor, ITV News

To discuss government priorities.

Met National Chief Scientific Adviser for Policing

Meeting to discuss data collection and storage

Met Community Security Trust

Meeting to discuss security of the UK Jewish Community, and the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant

Met Steve Swinford, Political Editor, The Times

Routine media engagement after Spending Review

Met Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NFL)

Update on the Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF) and future challenges

Met Family Rights Group

To discuss legal aid support and parental responsibility.

Met Idris Elba OBE, The King’s Trust, Ndidi Okezie OBE, Faron Paul, Mission 44, Stephen Lawrence Trust, Centre for Young Lives, Youth Endowment Fund, Pooja Kanda OBE, Stephen Graham, Yemi Hughes, Dwayne Simpson Foundation, Catch 22, The James Brindley Foundation

HM The King's Youth Opportunities Summit to discuss reaching young people through community engagement, education and mentoring, civil society, sports and the arts

Met Multi-Academy Trusts CEO Advisory Group

Meeting to discuss various department policy

Met Can't Buy My Silence

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill

Met Disabled Children's Partnership

Parliamentary drop in session

Met Association for Decentralised Energy, Citizens Advice, Energy Networks Association, Energy Saving Trust, Energy UK, Heat Pump Association, Heat Pump Federation, Green Finance Institute, Local Government Association, National Energy Action, National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority, National Energy System Operator, National Retrofit Hub, Nesta, Ofgem, Regulatory Assistance Project, UK Green Building Council, University of Newcastle, University of Oxford, University of Salford

To discuss the Warm Homes Plan and fuel poverty

Met West Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss housing delivery following the spending review

Met Shared Ownership Council, Leeds Building Society, Social Finance

To discuss the shared ownership

Met Zelda Perkins

To discuss measures on non-disclosure agreements in the Employment Rights Bill

Met Centre for Democratic Business, Walthamstow Trades Hall, Equity/Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, Mildmay Club & Institute, Eastbourne Working Men's Club, Bilston Miners Welfare Hall, Guiseley Factory Club, West London Trade Union Club

To discuss social clubs

Met Walsin Lihwa

To discuss the global trading environment

Met Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

To discuss the outcome of CIPA's Strategy Planning

Met Nissan

To discuss Nissan's plans in the UK automotive market

Met Anti-Islamophobia Working Group

To discuss a report published by the Anti-Islamophobia Working Group

Met Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

To discuss interfaith engagement and tackling religious hatred.

Met Children's Laureate

Meeting with Children's Laureate

Met Metsa Group

To discuss Metsa's proposed paper mill investment in Goole

Met BookTrust

To discuss the impact of shared reading in the Early Years

Met Centre for Countering Digital Hate Panel (MP for Southport, Met Police Counter Terrorism Unit, Ofcom, CCDH)

To discuss the role of social media in the Southport disorder and steps that have been taken to address this

Met Andrew Grice; Political Commentator; The Independent

Meeting to discuss Government's priorities

Met European Space Agency

An introductory meeting with the Director General to discuss the UK Government's interests in ESA's 2025 negotiations and long-term strategy for the Space sector.

Met Water UK

Skill Summit

Met Lloyds Banking Group, Revolut, Natwest, Yorkshire Building Society, firstdirect, The Investment Association, ABI, UK Finance, London Market Group, Santander,

Roundtable to launch 'Leeds Reforms' as part of the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy

Met Nissan

To discuss operations in the UK and the wider business environment