Lobbying · Trade or business body

Confederation of Paper Industries

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
5 November 2026 (as published; after today)	Chris McDonaldDBT	Roundtable to discuss the challenges for energy intensive industries
10 June 2026	Chris McDonaldDBT	To discuss the challenges facing the paper sector
24 March 2026	Peter KyleDBT	To discuss Middle East-related trade and resilience
1 July 2025	Jonathan ReynoldsDBT	To discuss Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility
28 April 2025	Minister ShanksDESNZ	To discuss the grid, connections reform, barriers faced by industry and the clean energy transition
25 February 2025	Sarah JonesDESNZ	Discussed issues facing energy intensive industries
11 February 2025	Mary CreaghDefra	Discussion on implementing Extended Producer Responsibility and ways to improve circularity within industries

Consultant lobbying firms

Policy Connect Limited
April to June 2026; January to March 2026; October to December 2025; July to September 2025; April to June 2025; January to March 2025; October to December 2024; July to September 2024; April to June 2024
Grayling Communications Limited
October to December 2025; July to September 2025

About these records. Each row is one entry in a minister’s published meetings return, so a meeting with two ministers appears once for each. Dates and purposes are shown as the department published them. Published under these names too: “Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI)”. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.