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Hospitality Sector Council

Meetings with ministers

5

In the last 12 months

2

Different ministers

4

Lobbying firms used

0

Meetings with ministers

DateMinisterPurpose, as published
23 February 2026Kate DeardenDBTTo discuss Council’s priorities for 2026 focusing on five ‘growth levers’: jobs and skills; tax burden; high streets; sustainability and productivity/innovation
4 November 2025Kate DeardenDBTTo discuss challenges facing the hospitality sector, including employment costs, unresolved rent issues post-Covid, and reliance on price increases for growth. Also to discuss access to the apprenticeship levy, the Employment Rights Bill, access to finance and business rates reform
29 April 2025Alex NorrisMHCLGTo discuss High Street growth
4 November 2024James MurrayHMTTo discuss the impact of the Budget on various business stakeholders including representative groups from multiple sectors
9 September 2024Justin MaddersDBTTo discuss the principles behind the Government’s Make Work Pay proposals and reaffirm the Government’s commitment to a pro-business, pro-worker approach

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.