Ministers' Meetings

Met Sovereign Network Group

Meeting with Chief Exec and Operations Director of SNG to discuss the Government's position on welfare and social housing.

Met Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police and NPCC Strategic ANPR Capability Manager

Meeting to discuss roads policing

Met Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust meeting

Meeting to discuss licensing policy, approach to licensing, the impact on the rural economy, negative impact on designated species if gamebird releases were stopped. Attendees outlined their efforts to build their evidence base to support decision making which was crucial

Met Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and National Police Chiefs Council

To discuss police data reform

Met Metropolitan Police Service

To discuss counter terrorism

Met National association of drainage contractors

Meeting to discuss sustainable draining systems

Met Sarah Coombes MP, Diane Gall and Lucy Harrison

To discuss motoring offences and Diane's bereavement as a result of a road traffic collision. Diane and Lucy have campaigned as part of RoadPeace

Met Mike Reader MP & Constituents Chris and Nicole Taylor

To discuss road safety for younger drivers and support for victims of road traffic collisions

Met Richard Parker/Tom Wagner

To discuss Birmingham's new sports quater and how government can help with transport links.

Met Bowmer and Kirkland

Discussed building regulations.

Met Industrial Communities Alliance

Discused the Industrial Strategy.

Met Unite and GMB

Discussed Spirit AeroSystems.

Met Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner)

To discuss the department's priorities on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

Met Blackpool Airport

Meeting to discuss ambitions and future of the airport

Met Mersey Maritime, Fleetwood Nautical Campus, Global Ports Holding, Maersk, Port Skills and Safety, Tyndall Manchester, Cammell Laird, Hill Dickinson, Liverpool John Moores University, Associated British Ports, CLdN, Peel Ports, Stena Line, Fox Group, Maritime Skills Commission

Roundtable meeting while on visit to discuss skills development oppotunites in the maritime sector

Met Boccard

Introductory meeting with Boccard to understand their plans for the UK and investments

Met United Kingdom Accreditation Service

To discuss UKAS' progress and activities, including a summary for the year 2024-25 and activities in relation to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Met BSI Group

To discuss how standards can contribute to growth and the cost and accessibility of standards

Met Pension Insurance Corporation; Fidelity; Lloyds Banking Group; CDPQ; Phoenix Group; HSBC; M&G Investments; BlackRock; IFM Investors; Santander UK; abrdn; CPP Investments; Border to Coast

Meeting of the British Infrastructure Taskforce to discuss investible opportunities and financing mechanisms in the infrastructure sector.

Met Aviva, Co-operative Bank, Coventry Building Society, Health and Safety Executive, Nationwide, Santander UK, Skipton Building Society, TSB Bank, UK Finance

Roundtable discussion on spray foam insulation mortgage policies and consumer protection

Met Aira UK, Baxi, Centrica, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating, City Plumbing, Daikin Applied, EDF Energy, Energy Networks Association, Energy UK, EOn, Heat Geek, Heat Pump Association, Heat Pump Federation, Heating and Hot Water Industry Council, Ideal Heating, Microgeneration Certification Scheme, Mitsubishi Electric, Octopus Energy, Scottish Power, OVO Energy, Vaillant, Worcester Bosch

Roundtable discussion on the Warm Homes Plan and engaging consumers with home installations

Met Lime

To discuss Lime's investment and expansion plans in the UK

Met Carlyle

To discuss the investment environment and Carlyle investment priorities

Met Oxford Science Enterprises

To discuss the role of university-aligned VC funds in providing access to finance/capital for UK spinouts

Met Strabag

To discuss Strabag's ambitions to expand from construction & civil engineering services to energy & utilities-linked infrastructure

Met OFGEM, SPEN, SSE and National Grid

To discuss the upgrade to the National Grid, and the regulatory framework for supply chain development

Met Epic Systems

To discuss Epic Systems' existing business in the UK and plans to invest in building a large staff campus

Met The Epilepsy Society

To discuss medicine supply

Met Lucy Fisher - Financial Times - Journalist

Profile Interview

Met BMW

To discuss US tariffs and the company's operations in the UK

Met BP

To discuss operations in the UK, and plans for investment

Met BASDA (Business Application Software Developers' Association)

To engage with the software industry about MTD and, more broadly, other ideas to further economic growth such as e-invoicing

Met Bliss

Introductory meeting with Bliss to discuss support for families of babies in neonatal care and to discuss Bliss' priorities

Met Australian Super; Confederation of British Industry; CPP Investments; Crown Estate; Eastdill; Eco World Investments; Legal & General; Gamuda; MTR Corporation; Nest; Related Argent; Grainger

To discuss public-private partnerships for the Government's New Towns Programme

Met Epic Systems

To discuss digitsation and health

Met Tony Blair Institute

To discuss the TBI report on the National Data Library

Met London International VAWG Summit - CHANGE, Network for Gender Equity representatives from Paris, Amsterdam, Louisville, Nairobi, Barcelona, Bogota, Freetown, Quezon City, Renca, Stockholm.

To join the evening reception and give a speech about the Governments commitment to half VAWG in a decade.

Met WAITS Seekers Board

VAWG strategy - Current Policies on Domestic Abuse and improving the system for Victims and Survivors

Met Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To discuss the PHSO’s role to independently consider complaints and how insights from casework can help improve patient safety

Met International Rescue

To discuss international development strategy

Met Scottish Government, Northern Ireland Government, Welsh Government, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, NHS England, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Institute for Health Research, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, University of Liverpool, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, University of Southampton, University of Oxford, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians, Association of British Neurologists, British Association of Clinicians in ME, British Psychological Society, Association of British Neurologists, London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine, General Medical Council, Medical Schools Council, Medical Research Council, British Association for ME/CFS, Sheffield ME Charity, ME Association, Physios for ME, ME Association, Forward ME, ME Research UK, #ThereforMe, ME Research Collaboration Patient Advisory Group, DecodeME, Academic Health Science Network North East and North Cumbria, Quadram Institute Norwich, Doctors with ME, 25% ME Group, Tymes Trust, Action for ME, ME/CFS patient representatives.

To discuss the ME/CFS final delivery plan

Met Nationwide, UK Hospitality, Uk.Zurich, Historic Royal Palaces, Visit England, Access the Dales, Ann Frye Ltd, Bususers.org, Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts, Disability Ambassador for Universities, OFGEM, Buro Happold, Leo Burnett, Sainsburys, Great British Railways Transition Team, Sport England, Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), Channel 4, Purple

To attend the Disability and Accessibility Ambassador's Meeting. To provide updates on priorities and reinforced the government commitment to supporting disabled people and to receive updates from Ambassadors on their work since January

Met Representatives for stakeholders in Student Finance

To discuss the commitment to introducting alternative student finance, discuss progress made, and seek attendees' input on comms and stakeholder engagement plans

Met Shimon Cohen

To discuss the implications of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Met Alan Turing Institute, children representatives

A roundtable to discuss the implications of AI in the classroom

Met Schoolwear Association

To discuss uniform in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Met Catholic Education Services

To discuss Religious Education, Curriculum and Assessment Review and initial teacher training (ITT) in relation to Religious Education

Met The National Lottery Community Fund, National Children's Bureau, Early Years Alliance, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Better Start Bradford

To discuss A Better Start with directors of the partnership

Met Confederation of British Serving and Ex-Service Organisations

Veterans support & engagement with veterans

Met PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

To discuss Local Government Audit, capacity and capability of Councillors, and local government reorganisation