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Federation of Master Builders

Meetings with ministers

22

In the last 12 months

5

Different ministers

13

Lobbying firms used

2

Meetings with ministers

DateMinisterPurpose, as published
12 November 2026 (as published; after today)Chris McDonaldDBTRegular meeting of the Construction Leadership Council to discuss the UK construction industry.
27 April 2026Martin McCluskeyDESNZTo discuss Retrofit Systems
17 March 2026Minister McCluskeyDESNZTo discuss retrofit reform at the 5th Retrofit System Reform Advisory Panel
13 March 2026Jacqui SmithDfEPre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March
24 February 2026Baroness TaylorMHCLGTo discuss housing supply, skills and building safety with the Construction Leadership Council.
26 January 2026Minister McCluskeyDESNZTo discuss retrofit reform at the 4th Retrofit System Reform Advisory Panel
13 October 2025Martin McCluskeyDESNZRoundtable discussion on consumer protection, quality assurance, skills, and standards for the insulation industry
7 October 2025Chris McDonaldDBTIntroductory meeting with the Construction Leadership Council Board members.
11 September 2025Steve ReedMHCLGRoundtable to discuss house building
11 September 2025Matthew PennycookMHCLGRoundtable to discuss house building
28 July 2025Miatta FahnbullehDESNZTo discuss consumer protection, quality assurance, skills, and standards for the insulation industry
14 July 2025Stephen TimmsDWPIndustry roundtable for building safety
14 July 2025Alex NorrisMHCLGTo discuss the Building Safety Regulator
3 June 2025Sarah JonesDBTTo discuss interests of the contruction industry
4 December 2024Matthew PennycookMHCLGTo discuss the Government’s Plan for Change
2 December 2024Keir StarmerPrime MinisterRoundtable to discuss the Government's Plan for Change and to work in partnership to deliver it
21 November 2024Alison McGovernDWPVirtual Roundtable to provide further detail on how the White Paper will support employers with recruitment and growth and ask for stakeholder support on it's publication.
19 November 2024Sarah JonesDBTDiscussed the government's commitment to build 1.5 million homes.
18 November 2024Matthew PennycookMHCLGTo discuss construction skills and housebuilding
16 October 2024Baroness TaylorMHCLGTo the discuss the Future Home Standard consultation
30 July 2024Matthew PennycookMHCLGRoundtable to discuss planning reform
23 July 2024Matthew PennycookMHCLGTo discuss housing

Consultant lobbying firms

  • SME4Labour Limited
    July to September 2025; July to September 2024
  • Inflect Partners Limited
    July to September 2024
    Client named as “Federation of Master Builders (The Big Construction Debate)”
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: “Federation of Master Builders (FMB)”, “Federation of master Builders”. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.