DFDS

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
25 March 2026	Keir MatherDfT	Meeting to discuss service and investment plans
24 March 2026	Keir MatherDfT	Meeting to discuss EES implementation
19 March 2026	Douglas AlexanderMinisters Overseas Travel and Meetings Transparency January 2026-March_2026	Meeting to discuss UK Government investment into the Port of Rosyth and wider Forth Ports investment plans
3 June 2025	Susan HaymanDefra	Personal Imports/Foot and Mouth Disease roundtable to discuss the potential affects Foot and Mouth Disease will have on the travel sector and potential solutions/ways of moving forward
12 April 2025	Keir MatherDfT	Roundtable meeting to discuss Maritime Sector Priorities
30 January 2025	Mike KaneDfT	Inauguaral meeting of the Maritime Advisory Group to discuss industry priotities and government amitions for the sector
17 December 2024	Mike KaneDfT	Introductory meeting to discuss decarbonisation and seafarers
16 October 2024	Michael ShanksDESNZ	Roundtable to discuss the energy transition

Consultant lobbying firms

Not named as a client of a consultant lobbying firm on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists in the quarters we hold. Lobbying done by an organisation's own staff does not have to be registered.

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. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.