Ministers' Meetings

Met Greater London Authority, Lambeth Council, Hackney Council

Roundtable to discuss developing the Child Poverty Strategy

Met Community Trade Union

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council

To discuss support for Grenfell community groups, bereaved and survivors and residents.

Met Grenfell Residents and Community Groups

To discuss the future of the tower site and the Grenfell Inquiry report response.

Met South Tyneside Council, North East Combined Authority

To discuss South Tyneside Community Regeneration Partnership.

Met Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council

To discuss building safety and community support.

Met Construction Products Association and Construction Leadership Council

To discuss construction products regime.

Met Welsh Children's Commissioner

Introduction Meeting

Met UKSpace, ADS, TechUK, Director Space Partnership, UKSA, BAE, Lockheed Martin Space, Astroscale, Global Affairs Viasat, AAC Clyde Space, SSTL, Thales Alenia Space, Saterlite Applications Catapult, Orbex Space, Euteslat, Spire Global, Space Academic Network, Northumbria University

To discuss priorities for the space sector and identify common blockers for growth and investment

Met Children's Rights Alliance for England

To discuss Children's Rights Alliance for England's priorities around children's rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Met London Victims Commissioner

Discussed Victims Code Campaign

Met NWG Network (formerly the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People)

To discuss ongoing work related to grooming gangs

Met GoodThingsFoundation

To explore digital inclusion for claimants with disabilities and its potential to enhance their lives and employment opportunities

Met Chief of the Lay Observers

Discussed the work of the lay observers in Q1 of 2025

Met One + All, Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter

Tour of One + All during a visit to Manchester and discussion on the benefits of employee ownership

Met Greater Manchester Combined Authority

During a visit to Manchester a meeting to discuss the role of Employment Charters in advancing good work in the UK, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), the Employment Rights Bill, the Fair Work Agency and the adult social care sector

Met Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, TUC North West, Drakeford Associates, Manchester Metropolitan University, NHS Greater Manchester, Sharon Amesu, ACAS, KPMG LLP, Sodexo, Go North West, Seddon Construction Ltd, Co-operative Group, Adept Corporate Services, Carrs Pasties Ltd, Dunster's Farm, Mastercall Healthcare, Datesand Ltd

Roundtable discussion during a visit to Manchester to discuss the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, the Employment Rights Bill and Government's plan to Make Work Pay

Met Probation Trade Unions

Ministerial engagement with the Probation Trade Unions relating to probation reform

Met Automotive Council/JLR

Meeting with the Industry Co-Chair of the Automotive Council to discuss the auto sector ahead of the next Council meeting

Met Heathrow, NPPF, HTA Design, Royal Town Planning Institute, Mace, McCarthy Stone, Association of Consultants and Engineering, DHA Planning, Berkeley Homes Group, Kent Housing Group, Homes Builders Federation, Builders Merchants Federation, National Home Improvement Council, Lichfields, Balfour Beatty, British Chambers of Commerce, Northern Housing Consortium, National Housing Federation

To discuss the UK business environment for planning and construction

Met National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

To discuss international climate action, energy security and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Met BII, Blue Planet, Ecofy, EverEnviro, Everstone Capital, LiNa, Climate-I, Vecmocon, Eeki, Euler Motors

Informal event where entrepreneurs back by the UK through FCDO Capital and British International Investment discussed their products

Met AstraZeneca

To discuss the OxCam Growth Corridor and the Minister's new role as its champion.

Met Business Dinner - Shell India, ReNew, Avaana Capital, Essar Capital, RPSG Group, Intent

Business dinner discussing the UK-India relationship, renewable energy and transport

Met Demis Hassabis, GDM

To discuss the AI ecosystem in the UK, and AI policy

Met Dario Amodei, Anthropic

To discuss the upcoming MoU and the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Mitchell Baker, Mozilla

To discuss Open-Source AI

Met Clare Barclay

To discuss a letter concerning the leadership of the industrial strategy council

Met Ford

To discuss electric vehicle adoption, regulation and consumer insights

Met Karim Beigur, InstaDeep

To discuss AI infrastructure and AI innovation

Met David Zapolsky, Amazon; Michael Punke, AWS

To discuss the AI landscape

Met Board of Port of Cromarty Firth

To discuss port strategy, location, and offshore wind

Met Sam Altman, OpenAi; Chris Lehane, OpenAi; Sandro Gianella, OpenAi

To discuss the AI ecoystem and UK AI policy

Met Rene Haas, ARM

To discuss the UK's AI landscape, including the sovereign compute ambition set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan and ARM's technical work

Met Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT)

Introductory meeting to discuss the role of local bodies in delivering home retrofit measures

Met Simple Heat Ltd

Introductory meeting to discuss compliance with Government insulation schemes

Met Sustainable Energy Association

Meeting to discuss Government insulation schemes such as the Energy Company Obligation

Met National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

To discuss the partnership between India and the UK, India's energy transition, and climate finance

Met Campaign for Nature, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International-UK, Fauna & Flora, Forest Peoples Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife and Countryside, World Wide Fund for Nature-UK, The Wildlife Trust, Zoological Society of London, Global Youth Ambassador Project, World Resources Institute, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge Conservation Institute, World Conservation Society, Natural History Museum, Kew, Greenpeace, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation Trust, Survival International, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Pew Charitable Trust, Marine Conservation Society, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance

A roundtable post-COP16 to discuss international developments on nature and climate

Met National Trading Standards

Introductory meeting to discuss fraud and compliance in the building retrofit sector

Met Spinal Injuries Association

Parliamentary Reception. The event is to mark the very first National Awareness Day for Paralysed Bowel Care. A milestone in their campaign to improve care and support for individuals living with neurogenic bowel dysfunction

Met Lloyds of London

To discuss insurance sector investment opportunities and the UK investment environment

Met British Retail Consortium

Introductory meeting to discuss (British Retail Consortium) BRC priorities

Met GAVI CEO

Meeting to discuss the vaccine replenishment fund and their upcoming conference.

Met British and Irish Portable Battery Association

Discussion on how to improve battery recycling and a look at government battery regulations

Met MSC

Introductory meeting to discuss MSC's history, decarbonisation efforts and investments within the UK.

Met GoodThingsFoundation

to explore digital inclusion for claimants with disabilities and its potential to enhance their lives and employment opportunities.

Met Policy in Practice

Attended meeting to discuss water affordably measures and how water companies can support affordability

Met The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Resolution Foundation, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Citizens Advice Scotland, Joseph Roundtree Foundation.

To discuss the manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit. To gather initial views on key areas of the review and to share our planned approach, overall goals and timeline woth stakeholders.

Met Financial Times

An interview with the Financial Times to discuss the new NPPS and the upcoming launch of the new procurement act