Ministers' Meetings

Met Welsh Government

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Standard Chartered

Call to discuss the UK government's growth mission and how the insurance sector can support it

Met TheCityUK

Call to discuss the UK government's growth mission and how the financial services sector can support it

Met Investment Association

Call to discuss the UK government's growth mission and how financial services firms can support it

Met UK Finance

Call to discuss the UK government's growth mission and how financial services firms can support it

Met Barclays

Call to discuss the UK government's growth mission and how the financial services sector can support it

Met The Clink - Conference - Collaborating to change the shape of Justice for women

Gave speech on Women's Justice to stakeholders

Met Consular case

Discussion of Israel/Gaza hostages

Met Equinor

To discuss legal process of the transition in the North Sea and licensing decisions

Met Shell

To discuss legal process of the transition in the North Sea and licensing decisions

Met Mencap, Sense International, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Practioners, Royal College of Psychiatry, Leonard Cheshire, Resolution Foundation, British Medical Association, Northumbria University, Disability Rights UK, Leeds University

Second roundtable with stakeholders to follow up on the case for change for health and disability benfit reform to be included in the Green Paper and discuss broad principals for reform, hearing from stakeholders on disability employment support, and building trust with disabled people and how to engage post-Green Paper.

Met Integrated Care Boards and NHS Trust's Leadership

To discuss Operational Planning Guidance for 2025/26

Met Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Dundee City Council, North Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Local Authorities Economic Development Group, Colleges Scotland, National Third Sector Employability Partnership Engagement, Volunteer Midlothian, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Devolved Nations Federation of Small Businesses, Scottish Government

Roundtable to discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Met Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

To discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Met British Medical Association General Practitioners Committee England

To discuss general practice

Met Prison Governors Association

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Step Change, Trussell Trust, Money and Pensions Service, Citizens Advice, Age UK, Turn2Us, Christians against poverty

Meeting with Stakeholders to discuss Fraud, Error and Debt Bill

Met Dr Penny Dash

To discuss her ongoing review inTo the CQC and wider patient safety landscape

Met Small Business Britain, Family Business UK, The Turmeric Co, Creative Nature, James Lister & Sons Limited, Answer Digital, Pall Mall Barbers, Informed Solutions, OLIO, D-Drill (Master Drillers Ltd), Crowd Property, John Williams Heating Services Ltd, Jomas Associates, Sunamp, Enterprise Nation, ScaleUp Institute, Association for the Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE), and the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

To gather insight on the areas of Entrepreneurship and the Business Growth Service

Met Sage

To discuss support for growth of SMEs

Met NHS England

To discuss cross-government efforts on unpaid carers, young carers and respite care

Met Trades Union Congress, GMB, Unison, Unite, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill, statutory sick pay and flexible working

Met Jet Zero Taskforce: Alfanar, Airlines UK, The Airport Operators Association, Aviation Enviornment Federation, Civil Aviation Authority, Sustainable Aviation, International Airlines Group, easyJet, UK ARC, Heathrow Airport, Velocys, Bristol Airport, ZeroAvia, ExxonMobil, Rolls-Royce, bp

Meeting of the Jet Zero Taskforce to discuss net zero in the UK aerospace sector

Met Oxbotica

Discussed the automotive sector, the Autmotive Council and the UK's growing Connected and Autonomous Mobility sector

Met Schneider Electric

Discussed energy efficiency and Clean Power 2030 and the Industrial Strategy development.

Met Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit

Meeting to discuss specific piece of immigration casework.

Met Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Petroineos

To discuss consultation with energy workers, skills, and energy security and storage

Met Alfanar, Airlines UK, International Airlines Group (IAG), Airports UK, easyJet, UK Aerospace Research Consortium, Heathrow Airport, Velocys, Bristol Airport, Aviation Environment Federation, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ExxonMobil, Sustainable Aviation, ZeroAvia, Rolls-Royce, BP, Carbon Engineering, ATI

Meeting to agree ways of working and Task & Finish Groups.

Met East Midlands Combined County Authority

Meeting with Mayor Claire Ward, to discuss HMG's Missions and the Mayor's priorities.

Met Women in Transport

Meeting with President of Women in Transport, Jo Field, to discuss women's safety

Met Sustrans, Xavier Brice

Introductory meeting with the Chief Executive of Sustrans, Xavier Brice, to discuss active travel priorities

Met ENGIE

Discussed the HyKeuper hydrogen project and the role of hydrogen in net zero

Met Youth Hostels Association (YHA)

Meeting to discuss the importance of Generation Green and the important role this programme plays in getting people into nature who wouldn�t usually access it

Met OnPath Energy

To discuss the skills gap and zonal pricing

Met London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council, Local Government Association

To discuss the intervention into Tower Hamlets council

Met Thermal Storage UK, Tom Hayes MP

To discuss the potential role of heat batteries in home decarbonisation

Met Meeting with Inverclyde Council

To discuss the energy transition zone in Aberdeen and the role of Great British Energy and Clean Power by 2030

Met Committee on Climate Change

To discuss joining economic growth, the energy transition, and carbon budgets

Met Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association

To discuss the potential role of biomethane in decarbonising the gas grid

Met Global Infrastructure Investor Association

To discuss investment into the infrastructure sector

Met Meta; Tony Blair Institute; Generation Investment Management; Insight Partners; Wayve; Tokamak Energy; Graphcore; Faculty AI

To discuss the future of AI and opportunities to create growth in the UK

Met Association of Colleges, Bridgewater and Taunton College, Lakes College, West Suffolk College, Plymouth City College, Universities UK, GBN, NIA and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

Roundtable to discuss the routes into the nuclear sector, nuclear skills plan and current nuclear skills landscape

Met Anglian Water

Attendance at Anglian water board meeting

Met EDF, Nuclear Industry Association, National Grid, Energy UK, Last Energy, X-Energy, New Nuclear Local Authorities Group, GBN, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Community Nuclear Power and TerraPower

Roundtable on the new national policy statement on nuclear energy, EN-7

Met President of Board of Deputies of British Jews

Meeting to understand the sentiment in the UK Jewish community in relation to the FCDO's policy to the conflict in Israel/Gaza.

Met Interview with Al Jazeera Mubasher

To discuss Gaza humanitarian access

Met United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

To discuss the Safer Streets government priority, upstream migration, tackling serious organised crime and express gratitude for the join UK-Canada work on gender and development

Met RAC

An introductory meeting to discuss issues such as potholes, road safety and EVs.

Met Airbus

Visit to Brussels