Ministers' Meetings

Met Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) 11 - A group of sexual abuse survivors

Meeting with survivors of sexual abuse within faith settings

Met Children's Rights Alliance for England

Meeting to discuss police use of tasers

Met His Majesty�s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Siemens Energy

To discuss floating offshore wind

Met The Humane League, Animal Equality, Open Cages, Humane Slaughter Association, RSPCA, Compassion in World Farming, World Animal Protection

Farmed animal welfare NGO roundtable: Roundtable co hosted by Baroness Hayman and Minister Zeichner to discuss the government's strategic vision for animal welfare. Issues raised included: Confinement systems, welfare at slaughter policy, labelling, and the desire to move with the EU. Many attendees raised concerns around farmed fish and the need to move away from farrowing crates

Met Scott Wilkes

To discuss workforce issues

Met Merlin Entertainment, Zoological Society of London, Zoo Experts Committee, The Deep, Bristol Zoo project, Chester Zoo, National Centre for Birds of Prey, Shaldon Wildlife Trust, British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA)

Zoos Roundtable to discuss the new standards of modern zoo practices in great Britain. Discussions largely surrounded the recruitment and training of zoo inspectors, and that the standards will be better embed if there are consistent inspections and clear enforcement

Met Chair of Bar Standards Board

Meeting to discuss various issues in support of its consultation on a new five-year strategy

Met Outrage & Optimism; ETC, Groundswell, Scottish Power, Elders, HSBC, Global Optimism

Public roundtable event discussing COP30 and global climate action

Met The Recycling Association

A discussion at a dinner event on their 25th anniversary on government waste reforms

Met Unilever

To discuss implemenation of the Windsor Framework.

Met Go-Ahead Group

A drop-in session with bus managers discussing their work and any challenges they face.

Met PureCyber

Meeting to discuss cyber security.

Met Southern Water LPA Water Group

Meeting to discuss water company performance

Met Wildlife Country Link

Meeting to discuss water company reform

Met Fire Officers Association, Fire Brigades Union, East Sussex County Council, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Asian Fire Services Association, Women in the Fire Service, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Local Government Association, London Fire Brigade, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, National Fire Chiefs Council, Fire Standards Board, Fire and Rescue Services Association, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, West Midlands Fire Service, Salford City Council, National Fire Chiefs Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, UKFirePride, National Joint Council for Fire

To discuss fire strategy and reform

Met Digital Taskforce for Planning

To discuss artificial intelligence and digital transformation in the planning sector

Met Doreen Soulsby

Discussed victims experience of parole process

Met Cross Country, Network Rail

To discuss Cross Country's performance and ways in which they can improve

Met British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

To discuss investment, innovation, and the clean energy transition

Met Community benefits roundtable, Renewable UK, Energy UK, Orsted, Equinor, RWE, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables, Regen, Stratkraft, EDF UK, OnPath Energy, Vattenfall, Nadara, Solar Energy UK

An introductory discussion, covering the relationship between HMG and GBE-N and updates on GBE-N's development

Met Macquarie

To discuss offshore wind and investment challenges

Met Great British Energy Nuclear (GBEN)

To discuss recent announcements and the relationship between HMG and Great British Energy Nuclear (GBEN)

Met Paul Lindley OBE

To discuss support for business and economic growth

Met Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation

Short meeting to discuss GAVI and vaccine manufacturing

Met Climate Investment Funds, AXA UK, Green Climate Fund, Phoenix Group

To discuss multilateral climate funds and mobilisation of private capital towards climate goals

Met European Humanitarian Forum

To Discuss UK-EU relations and the EU Civil protection Mechanism

Met Hargreaves Lansdown; JP Morgan Asset Management; LSEG; Vanguard; Lloyds; St James' Place; Barclays

Roundtable to discuss capital markets and retail investment in the Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy

Met Children's Investment Fund; UPS; Bayer Foundation; Signalytic; Integrate Health

To discuss private sector engagement with global health

Met State Street

Meeting to discuss the Financial Service Growth and Competitiveness Strategy

Met Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner

Crown Court sitting days

Met Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, Lou O'Riordan

To discuss clean air and net zero politics, with discussion on Ella’s Law, Heathrow expansion, and exploring possibilities for a public health campaign

Met Chee Koon Lee, Group CEO, CapitaLand; Michael Tanujaya, Head, Strategy and overseas UK business - Virtus Data Centres, ST Telemedia GDC; Steve Kim, Head of Structured Finance, OCBC; Siak Kian Cheng, Group CEO ComfortDelGro; Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Chairman, BW Group; Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi, CEO, Frasers Property (Thai investor); Jeffrey Cheah, Chairman, Sunway Group (Malaysian Investor); Sarena Cheah, Executive Deputy Chair, Sunway Group

Investor roundtable, support the Carrier Strike Group and mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between UK-Singapore

Met Resurgo

Meeting to discuss their Spear programme and the Youth Guarantee

Met Resolve Poverty

Meeting to discuss the organisation's recommendations for the Child Poverty Strategy

Met National Institute of Teaching

To discuss how postgraduate and undergraduate teaching apprenticeship routes can improve teacher recruitment

Met APPG on Beer

To discuss promoting and supporting UK beer and pub sector, championing their contribution to the economy and communities, and engaging stakeholders on the key issues facing brewers and pubs.

Met Etsy

To discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the current low value import regime

Met Local Government Association

Meeting to discuss Get Britain Working reforms, any issues and how Local Government Association councillors can be involved, share ideas and further support delivery.

Met BP

meeting to discuss renewables and BP's wider strategy, and contribution to HMG's growth and clean energy mission

Met Rainbow Migration

To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK

Met Uber

Meeting to discuss investment into the UK

Met State Street

Meeting to discuss financial services growth and competitiveness strategy

Met Hargreaves Lansdown; JP Morgan Asset Management; LSEG; Vanguard; Lloyds; St James' Place; Barclays

Roundtable to discuss capital markets and retail investment in the Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy

Met British Chamber of Commerce

Give a short address at their Parliamentary Reception on the topic of growth

Met Baroness Mary Bousted

To discuss the findings of the Teaching Commission

Met Animal Equality UK, Humane Slaughter Association, Humane League, RSPCA, Compassion in World Farming, World Animal Protection, Open Cages

Attended meeting for discussions on Farmed Animal Welfare

Met Consular meeting

Discussion of consular case

Met TRNC ("Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus") leader Mr Ersin Tatar meeting

To encourage constructive engagement with 5+1 informal talks (Republic of Cyprus, "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", UK, Greece and Turkey plus the UN) on Cyprus

Met TRNC ("Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus") Opposition Leader Tufan Erhurman

To encourage constructive engagement with 5+1 informal talks (Republic of Cyprus, "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", UK, Greece and Turkey plus the UN) on Cyprus