Ministers' Meetings

Met United Nations Under Secretary General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

To discuss UN80 reform.

Met Anna Gross, Financial Times and Max Kendix, The Times

To discuss health issues focussing on the NHS estate, capital, NHS workforce and medicines.

Met UK-India Business roundtable: Confederation of British Industry, UK-India Business Council, Scottish Whisky Association, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Standard Charter, PwC, EY, Red Bull, Confederation of Indian Industries, Bharat Forge, Sorin Investments, RPG Group, JK Papers, Bharti Enterprises, Vedanta Group, Amber Group with India High Commissioners office (Minister Economic)

To discuss the potential impact of a UK-India Free Trade Agreement

Met Voi

Met with Christina Moe Gjerde (Vice President Northern Europe) and James Bolton (General Manager of Voi UK) to discuss on-street micromobility, and the English Devolution Bill.

Met Field Studies Council

Discussions surrounding the benefits of nature based and outdoor learning. Issues were raised surrounding the curriculum review and drawing links between nature/conservation and growth

Met Blood Cancer UK, Prostate Cancer UK, Breast Cancer Now, Bowel Cancer UK, Pancreatic Cancer UK, Roy Castle Lung Foundation, The Eve Appeal, Macmillan Cancer Support, Cancer Research UK, Cancer 52, Blood Cancer UK, NHS England

To discuss priorities for the National Cancer Plan

Met Consular meeting

To discuss a consular case.

Met Injured Staff and Patients Action Group

To discuss progress of a patient safety investigation into malpractice

Met BBC

To discuss international development strategy

Met Roundtable with multi-academy trusts

To share the department's Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) national priorities, and gather the trusts' expertise on how to deliver the priorities

Met University of Birmingham

To discuss supporting communities through the India/Pakistan tensions

Met Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia

To discuss interfaith engagement

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Long Harbour

To discuss the remediation of unsafe buildings

Met Cleveland Resilience Forum

Meeting to discuss how they operate and how central Government can further support them.

Met Simarc Property Management Ltd; Long Harbour

To discuss Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls

Met Related Argent; Mace Group; Ballymore Group; Renaker; National Fire Chiefs Council; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service; Unite Students; Berkeley Group; Quintain; Home Builders Federation; Lipton Rogers Developments LLP; Taylor Wimpey; Build UK

To discuss the work of the Building Safety Regulator

Met West Yorkshire Combined Authority; South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

To discuss local growth with regards to the Pensitone Line

Met City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council; West Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss regeneration and growth in Bradford

Met E.ON UK

Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions can support E.ON UK.

Met Mass Transit

Driving Regional Growth Event

Met GMB Union

To discuss the consultation on the VAT Treatment of PHV Fares

Met Vinted

To discuss Vinted’s growth objectives and the impact of platform reporting requirements

Met Mars

Meeting to discuss the work Mars is doing on packaging, circularity and chewing gum

Met IKEA

A discussion at a dinner event focused on IKEA's new store and their work on circularity

Met Disabled Police Association

Meeting on police culture

Met National Black Police Officers Association

Meeting on police culture

Met Capital Markets Industry Taskforce

To discuss the Government's Economic Growth objectives

Met Hargreaves Lansdown

To discuss their latest research on financial resilience

Met Age UK

Formal introductory meeting

Met Motor Insurance taskforce

To bring together the relevant OGDs and the FCA and CMA to discuss what levers government have to address motor insurance costs.

Met Affinity Water

Meeting to discuss water affordability

Met The Ath Group

To discuss domestic abuse

Met Eli Sharabi

Discussion of hostages in Gaza

Met Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service

To discuss police leadership

Met A1 Group

Visit to Metal Recycling Centre to discuss waste crime and fly tipping

Met Mayor of Manchester

To discuss Africa

Met British Business Bank

To discuss the growth gurantee scheme

Met Small Business Britain, Barclays, British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Planet Mark, The Broadway Initiative, BT Business, Startup Discovery School, and Glasgow University

To discuss the willow review report

Met Bjorn Ulvaeus

To discuss AI copyright policy and the Data (Use and Access) Bill

Met Meeting with National manufacturing centre of excellence, UK Research & Innovation, University of Strathclyde, Sheffield Forgemasters, Forged Solutions, SY Energy

Update on the progress of the small modular reactor (SMR) National Manufacturing Centre of Excellence proposal

Met Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)

To discuss how the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) can continue to support the Nuclear Skills Plan

Met Mayor of Sefton, Sefton Council, Patrick Hurley MP, Anneliese Midgley MP, Public and Commercial Services Union, Prospect, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Health and Safety Executive

To attend the annual ceremony for International Workers Memorial Day at HSE's Headquarters in Bootle, where a permanent memorial is installed.

Met Visit Britain and Heathrow Airport Limited

A visit to Heathrow Airport for the launch of a new Visit Britain tourism campaign.

Met Institute of Grocery Distribution, Godfrey, Sainsbury's, Sofina Foods, McCain, Cranswick, Food and Drink Federation, Nesta, Flor Healy, Bidfood, Greencore

Attended Food Sector Advisory Board meeting

Met Creative Industries roundtable (Attendees: Puy du Fou, Accor Group, Mediawan, Culturespaces, British Council)

To discuss the strengths and areas of improvement for UK creative industries

Met Imerys British Lithium

To discuss lithium extraction and supply chains, as well as a live legal issue concerning the granting of NSIP status to a neighbouring company for exploration on IBL's land

Met MEDEF (Attendees: Transdev, Alstom, Meridiam, Suez, EDF, Société Générale)

To discuss attendees' existing UK investments and business experiences across different industries

Met Engie

To discuss Engie's UK investment projects, the prospect of energy pricing zones, and a live issue around capacity market regulations

Met Eurostar

To discuss expansion of the Eurostar rail network and it's UK manufacturing presence