Ministers' Meetings

Met Boots

To discuss community pharmacy, optometry and audiology.

Met Post Office

To discuss the Post Office Green Paper

Met Royal Collee of Nursing

To discuss nursing in general practice.

Met Unite the Union, Prospect Union, GMB Union

Meeting with leaders of Trade Unions to discuss the Strategic Defence Review Launch

Met Octopus

To discuss zonal pricing

Met World War II Veterans, Taxi Charity for Military Veterans

To discuss their role in the D-Day landings and the support given to all military veterans by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans

Met UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria; UN High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Nigeria; World Food Programme Nigeria; UNICEF in Nigeria

To discuss UN80 and the implications for the UN work in Nigeria.

Met United Nations Children's Fund

Meeting to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy in further detail.

Met DS Smith

A discussion on a visit to a paper mill to discuss circularity and paper production in the UK

Met Sweeep KuusakoskI

A discussion on a visit on vapes recycling

Met Nissan

To discuss future plans and policy environment in the UK.

Met Babcock

To discuss the Industrial Strategy and Exports campaigns

Met TotalEnergies

To discuss business operations

Met British Business Bank roundtable: Ada Ventures, TDR Capital, Balderton Capital, Twin Path Ventures

To discuss venture capital firms

Met Coca Cola

To discuss the business landscape and Drinks/Sugar Regulation

Met Investment Association, Baillie Gifford & Co, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity International, Legal and General Asset Management, M & G plc, PGIM Investments, Phoenix Group, PIMCO, Universities Superannuation Scheme , Vanguard

Investment Association Consultation Roundtable event to discuss the Equality Bill consultation.

Met Open AI

To discuss support for businesses

Met Investment Association, Baillie Gifford & Co, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity International, Legal and General Asset Management, M & G plc, PGIM Investments, Phoenix Group, PIMCO, Universities Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard

To attend the Investment Association Consultation Roundtable event discussed the Equality Bill consultation. The session brought together representatives from UK and Global Investment managers to discuss the proposed ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting requirements

Met City of London

A meeting that touched on themes surrounding government procurement, part of the Minister's portfolio.

Met CPI Medicines Manufacturing

To understand how CPI works with government and private investment to develop new medicine and biosecurity methods, both regionally in the UK and with international partners.

Met KSAT

To discuss SvalSat operations, tour of Satellite Station and operations control room

Met Brimingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Alitheia Capital; Arnergy; Ajrena Foods

To discuss the business environment in Nigeria.

Met City of London Corporation

To discuss their plans for growth

Met Frontier AI and Scholarships Roundtable

To discuss Sparck AI scholarship with Higher Education institutions

Met Orca Computing

To discuss support for businesses

Met Trade Union Congress

Discussion between Minister for Social Security and Disability and an Assistant Director in the Trade Union Congress to organise Minister for Social Security and Disability's virtual attendance of Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference.

Met Utilita

To discuss Ofgem's zero standing charge variant, the price cap and ofgem review

Met Installation Assurance Authority, Microgeneration Certification Scheme

To discuss consumer protection and the accreditation landscape for Government-assured insulation schemes

Met Energy Ombudsman

To discuss plans for an upcoming roundtable on how the Energy Ombudsman's service can be improved for consumers

Met UK100

To discuss the Warm Homes Plan and Local Area Energy Planning

Met Trade Union Congress

To organise Minister Timms' virtual attendance of Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference on the 3rd of June

Met Margaret Aspinall, Hillsborough Families Forum

During visit to discuss progress on the development of a Hillsborough Law

Met Families of the victims of the Bicester fire incident

During visit to meet and hear from the bereaved families about the incident and the victims

Met Invinity

To discuss battery storage and visit facilities

Met Offshore Energies UK OEUK

To discuss the closure of the government consultation into the Oil and gas high price mechansim

Met EnQuest

To discuss the position that EnQuest, and the North Sea oil and gas sector, finds itself following recent developments to the sector.

Met TUC, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, Communications Workers Union, First Division Association, The Teachers' Union, National Education Union, Prison Offier's Association, Prospect, University and College Union, Union of Shop, Distributive & Allied Workers, GMB, UNISON and Unite)

A roundtable to discuss priorites ahead of the Spending Review, jointly with the Chancellor

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met ADS Group; Airbus Defence and Space; ARX Robotics; ARX Robotics; BAE Systems; Barclays; Bridgepoint Group; Confederation of British Industry; Helsing; HSBC; IQ Capital; JFD Global; Lloyds Banking Group; M&G plc; NatWest Group; Oliver Wyman; PA Consulting; Phoenix Group; Rheinmetall VSI; RFD Beaufort; TEKEVER; Ten Eleven;

Defence & Economic Growth CEO Taskforce

Met Stripe

Meeting to discuss supporting start up growth and productivity

Met Trades Union Congress; Prospect; Prison Officers Association; University and College Union; Unite; National Education Union; Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers; First Division Association; Unison; NASUWT Union; GMB Union; Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; Communication Workers Union

Roundtable with Trade Unions on public services ahead of the Spending Review.

Met Peabody, Places for People Group Ltd, Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hertfordshire Futures, Invest in Stevenage, Stevenage Development Board, Stevenage Biosciences Catalyst, Europe Snacks, Stempoint East,

To discuss New Towns policy and implementation

Met Bicester Motion fire families and first responders

To hear from the first responders. and meet the families of those who had lost their lives in the fire

Met Mayor of Liverpool City Region

To discuss the vehicle incident on Water Street

Met Association of Professional Staffing Companies, Cavendish Consulting

To discuss the progress of the Employment Rights Bill, flexibility of the UK labour market in addition to implications of extending guaranteed hour provisions and Day One’ rights to skilled contractors and agency workers

Met British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

To discuss support for businesses

Met Resolution Foundation

To discuss The Pensions Review

Met Energy UK, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off

Met North East Combined Authority, NHS Confederation , UK Community Foundations, Newham, Camden Council, Polly Neate, Public Digital, Jonathan Slater, The National Lottery Fund

A roundtable to discuss cohort based support for Adults with Complex Needs and to test thinking with external practitioners.