Ministers' Meetings

Met Nasscom

To discuss how NASSCOM can encourage greater talent mobility from UK to India

Met HCL

To discuss HCL's business plans

Met techUK

To discuss techUK's visit to India

Met Tata & Sons

To discuss Tata's investments in the UK

Met Tata Consultancy Services

To discuss Tata Consultancy Services' investments in the UK

Met Essar

To discuss Essar's investments in the UK

Met Mahindra

To discuss Mahindra's investments in the UK

Met The National Centre for Universities & Business (NCUB)

To discuss R&D, universities and the private sector.

Met His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Deputy Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Service

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Further Education Advisory Group

To discuss with member of the FE Advisory Group updates on post-16 vision, Skills England and the Growth and Skills Levy

Met Oxford University

To discuss Health Data

Met Professor Sara Thornton - The Rights Lab

To discuss modern slavery

Met UK Research and Innovation

Discussed experience of UKRI CEO in prison reform

Met Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service

To discuss upcoming organisational change

Met President of the King's Bench Division

Discussed the implementation of the victims and prisoners act

Met HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Discussed work of chief inspector of prisons over Q1 of 2025

Met Prisons and Probation Ombudsman

Discussed work of prisons and probation ombudsman over Q1 of 2025

Met Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF)

Attended meeting to discuss AHF's role in rural communities

Met Royal Society of Arts

To discuss Collective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes

Met The Food Foundation

To discuss school food policy

Met Aviva Investors, BlackRock, Barclays, Brookfield, HSBC UK, Legal and General, Lloyds Banking Group, Macquarie, NatWest, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Santander UK

Meeting of the Financial Investors Roundtable to discuss investment to support the government's Clean Energy Mission and net zero

Met International Energy Agency (IEA)

To discuss joint preparations for the IEA's Summit on the Future of Energy Security

Met International Energy Agency

Meeting to discuss the Foreign Secretary's attendance at IEA Summit and international energy issues and geopolitics.

Met John Pullinger - Chair of the Electoral Commission

John updated on the work of the electoral commission (no government policy was discussed).

Met Global union federations

Dinner with Geneva-based global union federations

Met EU Special Representative

Exchange on their priorities in the margins of the UN Human Rights Council

Met International Labour Organisation

Introductory meeting to discuss the work and priorities of the ILO

Met Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

To discuss healthcare delivery

Met National Leasehold Campaign; Leasehold Advisory Service; British Property Federation; Home Buying & Selling Group; Law Society; Home Builders� Federation; UK Finance; The Property Institute; Building Societies� Association; Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Leasehold Knowledge Partnership; Nick Hopkins: Law Commission; Justin Bates KC; Philip Rainey KC.

To discuss the Government's commonhold whitepaper.

Met Fire Brigades Union

To discuss building and fire safety.

Met London Fire Brigade

To discuss Government's announcement in response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2.

Met Carers UK, Phoenix Group, TSB Bank, British Gas, Aviva, Stephenson Harwood, VM02, BT Group, CMS, Word Monster, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Chartered Management Institute, TUC, UNISON, Phoenix Insight, Public First

To discuss carers support in employment

Met Sumitomo

Meeting at Davos to discuss business and investment in the UK

Met Eni

Meeting at Davos to discuss business and investment in the UK

Met Doug Bannister, Chief Executive of Port of Dover

To discuss preparations for the European Entry/Exit System at the Port of Dover

Met Roundtable with Scottish Universities and private sector businesses.

To discuss what the Civil Service can learn from other organisations to take advantage of AI opportunities and how those organisations can help the Government to meet its Missions.

Met Qatar Investment Authority

To discuss investment links between the UK and Qatar

Met Qatari Businessmen Association

To discuss business and investment links between the UK and Qatar

Met National Police Chiefs Council, The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

To discuss reform of serious and organised crime

Met INEOS OPUK

Discussed INEOS' Grangemouth site

Met PWC, Source Advisors, BDO, Make UK, CIOT, techUK, ICAEW

To discuss R&D tax reliefs advanced assurances as part of the Corporate Tax Roadmap

Met European Bank for Reconstruction and Development-HMG PCM roundtable

Joint UKG/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development roundtable with private sector leaders on private capital and growth

Met Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

To discuss tackling discrimination and hate crime globally.

Met FIRE AID and Protection Civil

To discuss FIRE AID's work and support their donation of a fire engine manufactured in the UK to Morocco

Met RenewableUK

To discuss the floating offshore wind supply chain

Met Richard Burgess, BBC Director of News Content, Angus Forest, BBC Senior News Editor

Informal briefing session and Q&A with BBC journalists to discuss the clean energy superpower mission, and key DESNZ policies

Met World Bank

Bilateral meeting with Minister Andreas Carlson at the fourth Global Ministerial Road Safety Conference to discuss the UK's long term partnership the World Bank and their Global Road Safety Facility.

Met AI for Science Report Roundtable, Giles Whittell, Deputy Editor of Tortoise Media

To discuss the contents of the Tony Blair Institute's AI for Science report.

Met Centrica

To discuss the future of Rough storage facility, ahead of Centrica�s update to the market