Ministers' Meetings

Met Unlocked graduates

Attended reception at the House of Lords to commemorate Graduates

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

To discuss reform of the National Centre of Policing

Met Roundtable with technology, policing and local government stakeholders

To discuss how to reduce mobile phone theft

Met Loch Sloy Power Station

To discuss community consent, storage and cyber resilience

Met Northern Rail

An introductory meeting to discuss Northern's passenger assistance improvement plan and Northern's performance for passengers

Met Hydrogen to Power Roundtable: Centrica, SSE Thermal, RWE, ESB, Stratera Energy, Intergen, Uniper, Hydrogen UK, Energy UK, Siemens, Mitsubishi, VPI

Discussed the progress the department has made in supporting investment through the new hydrogen to power business model

Met 1Energy, EON, Vattenfall, Decentralised Energy, Macquarie, Aviva Capital Partners

To discuss investment into heat networks

Met Universal

To discuss Universal's investment plans in the UK

Met Tokamak Energy

To discuss investment into the UK's fusion sector

Met BP

To discuss investment into renewable energy projects

Met Forth Ports

Tour of the port, meeting to discuss future development plans for the port and to meet apprentices and graduates based at the port

Met Energy Ombudsman

Meeting to discuss redress offered to heat network customers and how the Energy Ombudsman can input into the government's review of Ofgem

Met British Gas, E Energy, Ecotricity, EDF, Energy UK, E.ON, Octopus, OVO, Outfox the Market, Scottish Power, So Energy, Utilita, Ofgem

Roundtable with energy suppliers to discuss consumer protection relating to Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) insulation schemes

Met Daily Mail, Daily Mirror

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Women's Aid

To discuss Women's Aids work in assisting victims of domestic violence and abuse

Met Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, Royal Society, GSK plc, University of Glasgow, Beyond Blue and Morgan Stanley International plc, Starcount, University of Bristol, The Smith Institute, Google, Campaign for Mathematical Sciences

Roundtable on Mathematical Sciences to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the Maths sector.

Met National Farmers Union

Attended meeting to discuss farming priorities

Met Future Governance Forum, The Bridge Institute

Event on the Collective Leadership of Missions hosted by Future Governance Forum including a small group discussion on how to unlock the promise of mission-driven government.

Met Civica

Meeting following correspondence to discuss their Digital Government report and the importance of AI in public service reform.

Met Local Resilience Forum Chairs

To discuss the resilience review and local resilience engagement.

Met Nelson Peltz, Darren Peltz

To discuss the global economy and growth during a social meeting.

Met Families of those injured and affected by the Southport attack

During a visit to update the families on the findings of the review of the Prevent programme's handline of the attacker's case

Met Bereaved families of the Southport attack

During a visit to update the families on the findings of the review of the Prevent Programme's handling of the attacker's case

Met CLdN

Tour of port and discussion of company priorities within the UK

Met Heathrow Airport

To discuss the government's working relationship with Heathrow

Met Roundtable attended by local businesses, education providers and trade unions

Business roundtable to explore the role of industry bodies, education providers and trade unions in enhancing industrial policy and developing skills, to support the growth strategy.

Met Sanofi

To discuss life sciences

Met Garden Court North Chambers; Farleys

To brief the Awaab family and their representatives about the details of Awaab�s Law ahead of introduction.

Met GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

To discuss life sciences

Met Bereaved family

To discuss air quality

Met Airbus SE

Follow up on an informal conversation on A400M that took place at the Airbus New Year Reception

Met World Economic Forum

To discuss Davos, investment and the economy.

Met Midlands Local Resilience Forum leaders

To discuss local and national resilience.

Met Amazon

Visit to Tilbury Amazon fulfillment centre to understand Amazon's priorities and to see their fleet of zero emission heavy goods vehicles, and to attend a Zero Emission Heavy Goods Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) roundtable

Met Borge Brende

To discuss AI, digital infrastructure and the international landscape for science and technology.

Met Women's Aid (Farah Nazeer)

To discuss the Flee Fund

Met Karma Nirvana, Forced Marriage Commission, The Sharan Project, The Vavengers, The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, Freedom Charity, Southall Black Sisters, Nahamu, Honour Me, National Police Chief's Council, Banardo's, Forward UK, Sikh Women's Aid, Naz and Matt Foundation, Safe Arms, Safe Arms, Crown Prosecution Services, Nour Norris

Honour Based Abuse Roundtable

Met Information Commissioners Office

Meeting to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill

Met Friends of the Earth

To discuss the government's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan

Met Andrew Griffiths MP and his constituent

To discuss whistleblowing within the NHS

Met Rosa Prince, Bloomberg

Profile interview

Met LloydsBank, NatWestGroup, HSBCBank, SantanderBusinessBanking, BritishBusinessBank, UKBusinessAngelsAssociation, ResponsibleFinance, LendingStandardsBoard, BritishPrivateEquityandVentureCapitalAssociation, UKFinance, UKExportFinance

To discuss challenges faced by the ethnic minority business community in accessing finance in the UK

Met Startup Coalition, Fintech All Party Parliamentary Group, FDATA, Moneyhub

Panel discussion on the UK's Open Finance sector and prioritising Open Finance as a priority scheme under the new Smart Data powers

Met Julia Lopez MP and constituent

To discuss the campaign to improve fireworks safety, making Challenge 25 a legal requirement for retailers and limiting sales of fireworks

Met REC

To provide speaking remarks on the Employment Rights Bill at REC's parliamentary event on driving growth

Met GMB

Meeting at Harland and Wolff's Methil site to discuss the finalisation of Navantia's acquisition of Harland and Wolff and

Met Harland and Wolff

Visit to Methil Harland and Wolff site and discussion with Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government, Navantia UK and local government on the finalisation of Navantia's acquisition of Harland and Wolff's UK sites

Met Knighthead, Birmingham City Football Club

To discuss their investment in the West Midlands region

Met JLR, Nissan, BMW, Stellantis, Ford, Toyota (GB) Plc, Society of Motor Manufactrers and Traders (SMMT),VW Group, Kia, Mercedes Benz Cars UK, Hyundai, Renault, Volvo, Honda, Tesla, SAIC

To discuss the ZEV Mandate

Met School for Social Entreprenuers, Happy Smiles Training Community Interest Company, Harry Specters, Ability Consultancy, Travel Hands, Even Break, Nickel Support, Send it to Alex, Little Gate Farm, Disability Sports Coach, Autek Community Interest Company.

Roundtable with social enterprises that support disabled people. The meeting will bring together voluntary sector leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers to discuss the best conditions for employment opportunities for people with disabilities.