Ministers' Meetings

Met Wrightbus

Met with Jean-Marc Gales, the CEO of Wrightbus, at Wrightbus' manufacturing site in Belfast whilst on a visit as part of ongoing regular correspondence.

Met Bayer

To discuss women's and reproductive health

Met Rural Coalition, Countryside Land and Business Association, Action With Communities In Rural England, National Association of Local Councils, Rural Services Network, Council for the Preservation of Rural England, National Farmers' Union, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, Nuffield Foundation, Federation of Small Businesses, Plunkett

Rural Taskforce meeting

Met Craft Bakers Association, Association of Convenience Stores, Sainsbury’s, Kingfisher, Retail Sector Council, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, Unilever, Morrisons, Asda, Silkfred, Asos, Federation of Independent Retailers, Primark, The Very Group, The Toy Retailer Association, B&M Retail, Boots, Boots, Coop, John Lewis and Partners, H&M, Holland & Barrett, Pets at Home

To discuss employment within retail sectors

Met Tony Gallagher, Editor; Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times

To discuss priorities in education

Met SWA (Southwest Airlines)

To discuss the US Update

Met Automotive Sector Roundtable - SMMT, JLR, BMW MINI, Rolls Royce, Bently, Lotus, Aston Martin, McLaren, Toyota

To discuss the impact of tarriffs on the automotive sector

Met Salmon Scotland

Trade discussions

Met National Association of Head Teachers

Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners

Met Mark Francois MP and constituent

To discuss career breaks for parents of seriously ill children

Met UNISON

To discuss further education and skills issues, in particular to discuss challenges faced by further education support staff

Met Bellway Homes, Gowling WLG, Ecogain, Eden Project, Environment Bank, Foresight Group LLP, Gresham House Asset Management Limited, Heineken, JRB Consulting LTD, KPMG International, Land Securities Group PLC, Legal and General Group, Octopus Investment Limited, Oxygen Conservation LTD, RSK Biocensus LTD, The Lifescape Project Limited, The Palladium Group, Wild Capital, Zurich UK

A dinner event discussing private sector investment into nature

Met Tees Valley Combined Authority

To discuss the Best Value Notice to Tees Valley Combined Authority

Met Sadiq Khan

Meeting to discuss rail devolution and metroisation, the delivery of the Euston station campus and broader regeneration opportunities in the Euston area.

Met Craft Bakers Association, Association of Convenience Stores, Sainsbury’s, Kingfisher, Retail Sector Council, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, Unilever, Morrisons, Asda, Silkfred, Asos, Federation of Independent Retailers, Primark, The Very Group, The Toy Retailer Association, B&M Retail, Boots, Boots, Coop, John Lewis and Partners, H&M, Holland & Barrett, Pets at Home

To discuss employment within retail sectors

Met Association of Directors of Children's Services

Quarterly meeting with the President of Association of Directors of Children's Services

Met Sanofi, GSK, Astra Zeneca, Moderna, Roche, Almirall, Servier, Eisai, Menarani, Medical Research Council , Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS),Amgen, Chiesi, University of Manchester, Bayer AG, Merck, Eli Lilly, Takeda, University of Oxford, Teva, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Novartis, Union Chimique Belge (UCB), Incyte, Chugai, Gilead, Wellcome Trust, Biogen, Ipsen, Lundbeck , Francis Crick Institute, Boehringer, Merck, The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

To discuss life sciences

Met Aluminium roundtable: Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd, Alvance British Aluminium, Hydro UK Aluminium, Novelis UK,Arconic Manufacturing (GB) Ltd, BACALL, Make UK,ALFED, Community Union

To discuss the impact of tarriffs on the aluminium sector

Met COBA, Film London & BFC, Google, Together TV, North East Screen, BBC Film, Sky, TikTok, Channel 4, British Screen Forum, Protagonist Pictures, Nyman Libson Paul, Walt Disney Company, Amazon, Ukie, BFI, Erebus Pictures, Illuminated Films, Screen Scotland, BAFTA, British Screen Forum, Avalon Television, Olsberg, UK Cinema Association, British Screen Forum, Olsberg SPI, Warner Bros, Independent, BBFC, Artem Special Effects, Independent, Blazing Griffin, Wiggin, British Screen Forum, Sixteen Films, Space Studios, Sara Putt Associates/BAFTA, ODEON Cinemas Group Film Booking, Zanna Creative, Premier League, Independent, British Screen Forum, Everyone TV.

To discuss exports, regional development and high streets

Met Fortescue

To discuss Fortescue's proposal of the Initiative Energie Maro-eurpe de Fortescue

Met Lundbeck, Chiesi, Ipsen, Eisai, Gilead, Sciences, Sanofi, Astra Zeneca, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lily, UCB, Servier Group, Almirall, Incyte, Moderna, Amgen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Menarini Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Merck & Co, Roche Group, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceutical, Corporation, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Biogen, Chugai Pharmaceuticals

To discuss life sciences

Met Clifford Chance, CIPR, ICAEW, Russell Reynolds Associates, CMI, KPMG, The City of London, Law Delivery Panel, Deloitte, Law Society of Scotland, McKinsey, Freshfields, Norton Rose Fulbright, ACCA, Bar Council, EY, Law Society, ICAEW, Herbert Smith Freehills, RICS, PageGroup, Make Architects, Deloitte, Knight Frank, PwC, Serco, Z/Yen, TCUK, REC, Arup, BSA, QPC, Mazars, Capgemini, Hymans Robertson, WPP, Accenture, Advertising Association, MCA, JLL, RIBA

To update the PBSC on development of the PBS sector plan within the Industrial Strategy

Met Lundbeck, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceutical Corporation, Novartis, Astra Zeneca, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Sanofi, Bayer AG, Eli Lily, Gilead, Eisai , Merck & Co, Incyte, Amgen, Teva, Almirall, Servier, UCB, Roche Group, Menarini Group, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Chiesi, Ipsen, Biogen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Moderna, The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

To discuss life sciences

Met Eisai

To discuss life sciences

Met Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable (Attendees: AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Moderna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Amgen, Menarini, MSD, Johnson & Johnson, TEVA, Almirall, Merck, Incyte, Sanofi, Servier, IPSEN, Eisai, Novartis, Gilead, Bayer, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Roche, UCB, Mitsubishi, Lundbeck, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, GSK, ABPI, JPMA, EFPIA, INTERPAT, IFPMA, PhRMA)

To discuss the UK life sciences commerical environment and investment in this sector

Met UCB Pharmaceuticals

To discuss investment and the commericial environment for UK life sciences prior to the BCR

Met Bristol Myers Squibb

To discuss investment and the commericial environment for UK life sciences prior to the BCR

Met Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation

To discuss OCBC's investment into the UK, HMG's priority growth sectors including real estate, infrastructure, clean energy and the UK's Industrial Strategy

Met Association of School and College Leaders

Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners

Met Moderna

To discuss life sciences

Met The Confederation of School Trusts

Bilateral meeting as part of ongoing engagement with key sector partners

Met Gilead Sciences

To discuss Gilead's role in HIV prevention and issues facing the life sciences sector in the UK

Met Merck

To discuss challenges and opportunities facing the UK life sciences sector, including medicines pricing, clincal trials and AI

Met Astrazeneca, Chiesi, Moderna, Menarini, Bristol-Mysers Squibb, Pfizer, Amgen, MSD, Johnson & Johnson, TEVA, Almirall, Merck, Incyte, Sanofi, Servier, IPSEN, Novartis, Gilead, Bayer, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Roche, USB, Mitsubishi, Lundbeck, Biogen, Takeda, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Idustry, JPMA, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Infustries and Association, Government Affairs Gilead Sciences, INTERPAT, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, Global Policy Roche, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, MHRA, John Symons, John Bell, Jason Chin, Wellcome Trust, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, University of Oxford, Francis Crick Institute

Roundtable discuss issues facing life sciences in the UK, including VPAG, clincial trials, and health data

Met Roche

To discuss life sciences

Met Fusion Industry Taskforce, Fusion Industry Association, The Fusion Cluster

Chaired a Minister Led Fusion Industry Group to discuss the UK’s leading role in Fusion, R&D, and the UK's fusion strategy

Met Trade Strategy Roundtable: Aston Martin, Babcock, BP, Diageo, KPMG UK, Shell UK, Smith+Nephew, Starling Bank, Storegga, Synthesia

To discuss the upcoming Trade Strategy with the Chancellor

Met PD Ports

Meeting to discuss Teesport Offshore Gateway offfshore wind hub development

Met Strategy Group convened by Sir Bernard Jenkin MP

A meeting to discuss opportunities around Civil Service Learning and Development.

Met Infracapital, Great British Rail Freight

To discuss the Railways Bill Reform Condoc

Met African Development Bank

To discuss the African Development Bank / UK's approach to development

Met Bloodloss Families, Blood Friends, UK Thalassaemia Society

To give an update on the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Met Tainted Blood Parents, Tainted Blood Widows, Tainted Blood Siblings and Children, Factor 8, The Fatherless Generation, Independent Campaigner for Estates, Women & Carers

To give an update on the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Met Tainted Blood, The Hepatitis C Trust, Terrence Higgins Trust, Contaminated Whole Blood

To give an update on the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Met GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

To discuss life sciences

Met Future Resilience Forum

Meeting to discuss the aims of the forum and options for ministerial engagement.

Met AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Moderna, Menarini, Bristol - Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Amgen, MSD, Johnson and Johnson, TEVA, Almirall, Merck, Incyte, Sanofi, Servier, IPSEN, Eisai, Novartis, Gilead, Bayer, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Roche, USB, Mitsubishi, Lundbeck, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, GSK, University of Oxford, Ellison Institute for Technology, Wellcome Trust, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, Francis Crick Institute

Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable (BCR) Ministerial Policy Roundtable

Met AstraZeneca, GSK, Moderna, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Roche Group, Novartis, MSD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Healthcare at Merck, Incyte, Gilead Sciences, Biogen, TEVA, Chiesi, Menarini, Almirall, Servier, IPSEN, Bayer, UCB, Lundbeck, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eisai, Chugai, Shinogi, Mitsubishi, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, MHRA, NICE, NHSE, Wellcome Trust, University of Manchester

Biopharmaceuticals CEOs Roundtable to discuss global health challenges and life sciences policy

Met Sir Gareth Southgate, Leaders in Sport

To discuss how to tackle issues facing young men

Met Trustmark

To discuss government-assured retrofitting measures