Ministers' Meetings

Met Consular meeting

Meeting to discuss ongoing consular case.

Met Clean Energy Sector Council

Met Farriers Registration Council

Discussions surrounding equines in Northern Ireland not having the same protections as in Great Britain, and that industry in Northern Ireland would like to improve protection of equines in Northern Ireland. Attendees also raised that they would like to see an update to the Farriers Registration Act, and also called for the constitution of this Act to be amended as in attendees view the council is oversized

Met Vestas

To discuss AR7, floating offshore wind and investment in Scotland

Met Tech UK

Attended Technology roundtable discussing MoJ's technology suite

Met Building Societies Association, Principality Building Society, Swansea Building Society, Progressive Building Society, Scottish Building Society, Leeds Building Society, Dudley Building Society, Yorkshire Building Society, No1 CopperPot Credit Union,Scotwest Credit Union

Meeting to discuss the Government's commitment to double the size of the mutuals and cooperatives sector, mortgages policy and financial inclusion

Met Inicio.ai, Fastcheck, Truzy, GetBueno, Greater Things, Advance Credit Union, SuperTech WM, Birmingham City University, STEAMhouse

Meeting to discuss the Government's support for the fintech sector

Met Mass Transit Railway Corporation

Handing South Western Railway back to the Department. Mass Transit Railwat Corporation reflected on their 20 year involvement in the UK Railway Sector and were keen to discuss future oppurtunities

Met Action for Children

Discussion about Youth Justice

Met British Transport Police, Network Rail, First Rail, Transport for Wales, Heathrow, Nexus, Govia Thameslink Railway, Arriva, Transport for Scotland, C2C Railway Limited

Minisiteral Roundtable to discuss Railway Policing

Met Ben Taylor, deputy editor of the Sunday Times

Press Engagement

Met Tony Gallagher, Editor of the Times, Steve Swinford, political editor of the Times

Press Engagement

Press Engagement

Met National Housing Federation; Lloyds Banking Group; The Nationwide Foundation; Shelter;

To discuss the Government's Long Term Housing Strategy

Met Faith in the City

To discuss the Faith in the City project

Met Social Enterprise UK

To discuss the work of the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group (SIIAG)

Met Opening Tech UK Roundtable

Stakeholder Engagement

Met Amnesty International

To discuss Human Rights across the Indo-Pacific region.

Met British Sign Language Advisory Board

Meeting with the British Sign Language Advisory Board Co-Chairs to discuss Pathways to Work and wider issues facing the Deaf community.

Met Free Russia Foundation

To discuss the work of the Free Russia Foundation.

Met VE Day 80 events

VE DAY 80

Met Corporate Leaders Group, Siemens, Climate Action Network UK, Octopus Investments, Barratt Redrow, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Race Equality Foundation, Everyone's Environment Coalition, Suez, Aviva Investors, Trade Union Congress, Food Farming and Countryside Commission, DHL, WWF-UK, Planet Mark, Bankers for Net Zero, Small Business Britain, Climate Outreach, Barclays, LGA, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Co-operative Group, Aldersgate Group, Broadway Initiative, Confederation of British Industry (CBI), British Chamber of Commerce, Green Finance Institute

To discuss support for the ceramics sector

Met Revolut, Sage MD, AWS, Sky, General Medicines, Sanofi, Pearson Engineering Public Sector & Health, Cognizant, FuturLab, Anacta

Discussion with business leaders on topics across DSIT incl. skills, life sciences, AI, digital ID and digital transformation

Met Ellen Roome

To discuss access to deceased children's data policy.

Met Obesity Health Alliance

To discuss obesity policy options

Met Snap, Youtube, TikTok, Meta

To discuss online safety and data retention

Met University of York, Changing Realities

Opportunity to gain insights from poverty experienced parents about their experiences navigating the childcare system and hear about challenges as well as what has worked.

Met UK Construction Week

Give a keynote speech at UK Construction Week entitled Building Futures: How the Construction Industry and Government Are Tackling the Skills Gap

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

Roundtable discussion on the Warm Homes Plan as part of the Warm Homes Plan panel

Met Professor Alice Sullivan

To discuss the findings of Professor's Sullivan's report into data collection on sex and gender

Met Unite the Union

Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners

Met Fuels Industry UK

Introductory meeting to discuss engagement on Sustainable Aviation Fuels, challenges facing the Low Carbon Fuels sector and opportunities for unlocking investment in the sector

Met Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA)

Meeting to discuss upcoming SAF RCM Bill, challenges facing fuels industry

Met Author of Life of a Top Boy

Discussion on youth offending

Met Steve Richards

To discuss priorities in education

Met Bay Area Report Launch

To take part in a panel discussion as part of the launch of the Bay Are economic report (attendees: Entrepreneurs First, Arm, Pangaea Data, Imperial College London)

Met Warrington Council

To discuss the Best Value Intervention at Warrington

Met Newham Council

To discuss the Best Value Notice for Newham

Met Cheshire East Council

To discuss the Best Value Notice for Cheshire East

Met The Nation Drought Group

Meeting to discuss drought in the UK

Met Citizens Advice Scotland

To discuss consumer rights and employment rights in the environs of the International Competition Network Annual Conference

Met International Competition Network Conference

To provide the keynote address on competition at the International Competition Network Annual Conference

Met Rachel Sylvester - The Times - Journalist

Profile Interview

Met Tom McTague, incoming Editor, The New Statesman

To discuss priorities in education

Met Sage

Introductory meeting

Met VC luncheon - Fenwick & West LLP

To discuss the UK VC environment and investment opportunities (attendees: Fenwick & West LLP, 137 Ventures, Lightspeed, A16z, Anduril, Longitude Capital, Lux capital, Sapphire Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Applied Intuition)

Met AstraZeneca

To discuss the pharmaceutical landscape in the UK

Met Joby Aviation

To discuss Joby Aviation electric air taxi tech and potential for UK investment

Met National Grid

To discuss strategic demand, the transmission network, consumer bills and strategic demand

Met Road Haulage Association (RHA)

Parliamentary Roundtable during National Coach Week, which discussed domestic and international tourism, workforce development, and pressures the industry faces.