Ministers' Meetings

Met FSB, ACCA, ICAEW, Umi, techUK, North East Chamber of Commerce, Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local Growth Hub)

To discuss increasing the uptake of electronic invoicing across UK businesses and the public sector.

Met The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Darlington Business Club, Northumbrian Water, Combined Authority, MAKE, Umi, Materials Processing Institute, Naylors Gavin Black, Hammock

To discuss improvements to tax administration.

Met Sage

To discuss the implementation of Making Tax Digital.

Met Centrica

To discuss investment in natural gas facilities, planning and regulation

Met H.E. The Papal Nuncio Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía

Engagement regarding upcoming legislation.

Met Archbishop Leo Cushley

Engagement regarding upcoming legislation.

Met Bishop John Keenan

Engagement regarding upcoming legislation.

Met Oxford Nanopore Technologies

To discuss the life sciences sector, Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ partnership with Guy’s and the potential for public-private collaboration.

Met Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

To see NHS England’s Respiratory Metagenomics programme

Met Anthropic

To discuss the UK's Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan and Anthropic's AI partnership with the UK Government

Met Guys and St Thomas' Hospital

Visit to view the Metagenomics project and discuss the potential for collaboration in the Life Sciences space.

Met Jaguar Land Rover

Reducing vehicle crime

Met Nottingham Families

Discusses Nottingham Inquiry

Met British Steel and Heathrow Airport

Visit to British Steel Scunthorpe to support the announcement of Heathrow's new contract to use steel produced at the site

Met British Veterinary Association

A meeting to discuss the issue of veterinary medicine Policy supply in Northern Ireland

Met Unite

To discuss the passage of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Smart Growth Associates

To discuss a Housing stewardship model.

Met Professor Peter Bonfield

Attended meeting to discuss property floods resilience

Met NITI Aayog

To discuss the Indian energy system and climate ambitions

Met Energy UK, Ofgem

Meeting to discuss reports of back billing complaints and ensure industry, Ofgem and Government are working together to address the issue

Met GT Railway, Network Rail

A meeting to discuss GT Railway's performance.

Met British Transport Police, Network Rail, First Rail, Transport for Wales, High Speed 1, Nexus, GT Railway, Arriva, Heathrow, C2C Rail,

A roundtable with British Transport Police to discuss Railway Policing

Met EnableAll

To discuss the support it offers people with a range of disabilities of all ages who use digital technology

Met GAVI

To discuss funding replenishment, UK conditions for future GAVI investment and global health architecture

Met Sexual Minorities Uganda, Protection Approaches

To discuss human rights and democratic processes in Uganda.

Met Gavi

To discuss Gavi's work in developing countries

Met Reprieve

To discuss human rights issues in the Indo-Pacific

Met Community Energy England, Scotland and Wales

To discuss Community Energy, umbrella organisations, sector growth, capacity building, the grid connection process and the challenges of business models

Met TheCityUK, Barclays, Societe Generale, State Street, Santander, Kreab Public Affairs, Deloitte, Prudential PLC, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Marsh Limited, PrimaryBid, A&O Shearman, DTCC Europe Limited, Euroclear UK & International Limited ,

To discuss the financial services (FS), and professional and business services (PBS) industrial strategies,

Met Change the Race: Ratio; Adecco; Atos IT Group; AVEVA; Aviva; AXA UK; Britvic; Brunswick Group; BusinessLDN; Diageo; GSK; Inclusioneering Limited; Lloyds Banking Group; Paysafe; PwC; REC; Sage; Shell; Waltham Forest Council; The Investment Association; Unilever; Wincanton

Roundtable convened by Change the Race: Ratio to discuss pay gap reporting.

Met Cavendish Coalition

Meeting to discuss the impact of immigration and sponsorship rules on the social care sector.

Met Equity

To discuss the passage of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Change the Race

A roundtable for HR Directors and ED&I Directors from member companies on mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting

Met National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers

To engage with members on behaviour in schools policy

Met Campaigner for firearms licencing reform

Meeting to discuss firearms licencing

Met Alice Ruggles Trust

Filming interview clip

Met Barnardos

To discuss their ICTG programme, and wider child abuse amd child protection issues

Met Families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks

To discuss lessons learnt from the Nottingham attacks

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

To discuss reform of police performance and data

Met Starling Bank, Nationwide, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Trustee Savings Bank, Santander

Meeting with Financial service to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill

Met Starling Bank, Nationwide, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Trustee Savings Bank, Santander

Meeting with Banks as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill

Met Local Resilience Forum Chairs Conference

To discuss national risk context and the resilience review.

Met Allied Steel Wire Representatives

To discuss pre 1997 indexation

Met OutBritain

To discuss LGBT Rights in the workplace

Met American Pharmaceutical Group

To discuss the UK's life sciences industry

Met The Financial Times Economics Editor, Sam Fleming

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Transport for the North

Roadshow in Manchester to meet with transport professionals and other relevant stakeholders with an interest in transport to gather evidence and support development of the Integrated National Transport Strategy.

Met Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

To discuss the 10 Year Plan

Met Nottingham attacks - victims' families

To discuss an inquiry

Met RWE

To discuss investment into renewable energy