Ministers' Meetings

Met Sojan Joseph MP, Baroness Buscombe, Baroness Bottomley, Member of Dr Julia Buckley MP's office, Liz Twist MP, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rethink Mental Illness, Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, Josh Dean MP , Sadik Al-Hassan MP , Baroness Barker , Baroness Parminter , Baroness Watkins, Member of Dr Danny Chambers MP's office, Abtisam Mohammed MP, Lord Davies of Brixton, Baroness Hollins, Mental Health Matters, Centre for Mental Health, Act For Change, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales

To discuss mental Health Bill and wider mental health issues

Met Stop Scams UK

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met Google

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met CIFAS UK

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met Figen and Stuart Murray

3rd Reading of Martyn's Law

Met Royal Hospital Chelsea

Veterans Engagement

Met Local Government Association

A drop in with local councillors to discuss the funding uplift for local authorities and on the reporting requirements.

Met Hydrogen Delivery Council - BOC Linde, bp, Future Energy Networks/ ENA, Equinor, Imperial College London, Inovyn, ITM Power, Johnson Matthey, Macquarie, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, National Energy Systems Operator, National Gas, Ofgem, Orsted, Progressive Energy, RWE, Ryze, Shell, Siemens, SEE Thermal, Storegga, UK infrastructure bank, Hydrogen UK (HUK), Hydrogen Energy Association (HEA), Arcaia E-fuels, TUC

Discussed the actions required to develop the hydrogen sector in the UK

Met Migration Museum

To learn about the Wait and Return exhibit and the Museum's work.

Met Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met National Fire Chiefs Council, Fire Chief for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

Meeting on culture in the Fire Service

Met National Police Chiefs Council, Chief Constable for Durham Police

Meeting to discuss progress of Neighbourhood Policing Manifesto commitment

Met IMKAAN, AAFDA - Advocacy after Fatal Domestic Abuse, Killed Women, Femicide Census, Centre for Women's Justice, Domestic Homicide Project, City University of London, University of Gloucester

Roundtable on Unexplained Suicides-what more can be done to understand and address Hidden Homicides

Met Shared Health

Discussion on Mothers fleeing Domestic Abuse being put into unsafe accommodation with Shared Facilities

Met Ellison Institute of Technology

A meeting to discuss small Modular reactors and data centres

Met Salesforce

To discuss public sector AI adoption.

Met Energy Intensive Users group, Sustainability First, British Glass, British Glass Manufacturer's Confederation, British Ceramic Confederation, Citizens Advice, Chemical Industries Association, UK Steel, Mineral Products

To discuss zonal pricing, decarbonisation and the retail market

Met North Sea Transition Forum

To discuss the consultation on the future of energy in the North Sea, green industries and the role of oil and gas

Met EON

To discuss the smart meter rollout

Met British Gas

To discuss the smart meter rollout

Met Catholic Education Service

To discuss how the Catholic Education Service can work with the department in delivering high quality education for children and young people

Met The Food Farming & Countryside Commission

To discuss sustainable farming solutions to support Net Zero goals

Met GMB

Meeting regarding plutonium disposition, Sellafield and new skills plan

Met Sylvera

To discuss voluntary carbon markets (VCM), mentioning voluntary carbon credits, London Climate Action Week, and international involvement in progressing VCM

Met Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) and Consumer organisations Roundtable - Energy Intensive Users Group, UK Steel, Chemical Industries Association, Mineral Products Association, Ceramics Uk, Citizens Advice

Discussed current challenges for energy intensive industries in the UK

Met Chartered Institute of Housing

Introductory conversation with the Chartered Institute of Housing to hear their reflections on the key issues for the housing sector.

Met Heathrow Airport

Discussion around Heathrow power outage

Met 361 Energy, Act on Energy, Age UK, Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Doncaster, Money Saving Expert, Riverside Advice, Scope

Roundtable with consumer groups to discuss energy debt, fuel poverty and the Warm Home Discount

Met Industrial Strategy roundtable: Airbus, Rolls Royce, Nissan, JLR, Bosch, Fortescue Zero, Siemens, Vertical Aerospace, OneWeb, Intelligent Growth Solutions, Wootzano, Gardin, SpaceForge, Cummins

Discussed the advanced manufacturing sector and the Industrial Strategy

Met British Petroleum (BP)

To discuss the UK economy

Met GRAIL

To discuss the approach to screening new medicines to promote innovation.

Met EQT Partners

To discuss EQT's investment plans in the UK

Met Energy Intensive Users Group

To discuss the UK business environment for energy intensive industries

Met Gymshark

To discuss the UK business environment

Met John Lewis

To discuss the UK business environment

Met Catherine Ashton; Brian Cox

Meeting to discuss the future of the UK's Space Policy.

Met Confederation of British Business

To discuss vision for Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor

Met Rt Hon David Gauke

To discuss the Crown Court reform

Met Gleeds, Lagan Construction Group, WSP, UK Export Finance, JCB (former), Mott MacDonald, Arup, AtkinsRéalis, Mace Consult, Mace

To discuss accessing export opportunities

Met David Maddox - The Independent

Profile interview

Met Tony Blinken

Personal meeting to discuss geopolitics.

Met Unexplained Suicides Roundtable

Discussed Unexplained Suicides

Met The Sutton Trust

To discuss educational support for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Met Microsoft

to discuss their work with Department for Work and Pension's to date and areas of potential future collaboration.

Met Jonathan Slater

Meeting to discuss public service reform and more specifically about civil service learning and development.

Met Finance and Leasing Association

Meeting to discuss UK financial services and opportunities for the sectors growth

Met Transport for London

A meeting to discuss the buses bill ahead of the committee stage

Met Gordon Brown

To discuss the government's priorities for the Spring Statement

Met Deutsche Bahn, Freightliner, GB Railfreight, NTS global, Colas Rail, Rail Freight Group, Rail Partners, Network Rail, Great British Rail Transition Team,

Railfreight Roundtable

Met Alzheimer�s Research UK, Novo Nordisk, NIHR, Dementia Research Centre, UCL, Dementia Platforms UK, University of Oxford, Dementia Goals programme, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Medicines Discovery Catapult, Alzheimer's Society, NICE, MHRA, World Dementia Council Summit, DAC, Biogen, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Gates Ventures, GSK, LifeArc, Roche

Attendance at a roundtable alongside key stakeholders, to discuss the UK Government�s ambition for life sciences and priorities and perspectives on dementia research and new treatments.