Ministers' Meetings

Met British Gas, British Gas Energy Trust, Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough, Citizens Advice Essex, Citizens Advice Sunderland, Riverside Advice, Scope, The Zinthiya Trust

Roundtable with frontline consumer support organisations to discuss alleviating fuel poverty in England

Met Salix, Ofgem

Meeting to discuss Warm Homes Plan delivery and consumer protection

Met British Gas Energy Trust

Introductory meeting to discuss British Gas Energy Trust's support for frontline consumer support organisations

Met British Glass, Confederation of Paper Industries

Discussion on implementing Extended Producer Responsibility and ways to improve circularity within industries

Met British Red Cross

Meeting to discuss safe routes for refugees and displaced people.

Met Refugee Council

Discussion on Refugee resettlement.

Met Gloucestershire County Council

Discussing the Independent Review on Historical Claims of Racism and Bullying within Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Met Chief Constable for Derbyshire Police and Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire Police, Chief Constable for Northumbria Police and Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria Police

Discussion on policy on operational matters

Met Chief Constable for Lincolnshire Police and Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire Police

Discussion on Police Funding Settlement

Met Botanic Gardens Conservation International

To discuss the work of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, in particular their global biodiversity standard

Met UKSpace, ADS, TechUK, Director Space Partnership, UKSA, BAE, Lockheed Martin Space, Astroscale, Global Affairs Viasat, AAC Clyde Space, SSTL, Thales Alenia Space, Saterlite Applications Catapult, Orbex Space, Euteslat, Spire Global, Space Academic Network, Northumbria University

To discuss priorities for the space sector and identify common blockers for growth and investment

Met Sainsburys

Discussion on how Sainsburys is working to improve its circularity, in particular food waste and questions about packaging reforms

Met South Tyneside Council, North East Combined Authority

To discuss South Tyneside Community Regeneration Partnership.

Met Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council

To discuss building safety and community support.

Met Construction Products Association and Construction Leadership Council

To discuss construction products regime.

Met Biffa, British Plastics Federation, Philip Tyler Polymers, Environmental Services Association, Suez UK, Veolia, Recoup, European Metal Recycling, Mura Technology, Viridor, University of Birmingham, Plastics Europe, Waste and Resources Action Programme

A roundtable with key representatives of the plastics sector to examine growth potential in the UK plastics recycling sector

Met Kate Dearden MP, six members of the public

Meeting with people impacted by the collapse of law firm SSB Law

Met Greater London Authority, Lambeth Council, Hackney Council

Roundtable to discuss developing the Child Poverty Strategy

Met Campaign for Better Transport, Ben Plowden

Introductory meeting with CEO for Campaign for Better Transport, to discuss engagement for Better Transport Week 2025 and opportunities for DfT/CBT collaboration in the future

Met Imperial College London and North West London ICB

To discuss the architecture of the NHS

Met Imperial College London

To discuss data and technology for the 10 Year Health Plan

Met North Sea Transition Authority/Industry Subsurface Task Force

To discuss the role of oil and gas in the North Sea Transition, the energy market, licencing and infrastructure

Met Citizens Advice Bureau

To discuss energy affordability, consumer needs and planning and market reforms

Met Automotive Council: Bosch, APC, SMMT, EY, Ford, JLR, Stellantis, BMW, McLaren, CAT, Honda, Nissan, ZF Group, Toyota, Bentley, Oxbotica, Leyland Trucks, EPSRC

Discussed challenges and opportunities for the UK automotive sector

Met Centrica

To discuss carbon storage, North Sea licences, and changes in the energy market

Met Steel roundtable: UKSteel, Unite, Celsa UK, British Steel, SFEL, Tata Steel, Liberty Steel, Marcegalia, Community, GMB

Discussed the impact of US tariffs on the UK steel industry

Met ABPI, UK Bioindustry Association, Astra Zeneca, Roche, Association of Medical Research Charities, Cancer Research UK, Shelford Group, NHS Providers, DHSC, NHSE, HRA, MHRA, Scottish Governement, Welsh Governement, Northern Ireland Governement

To discuss how To make the UK a global leader in clinical research and life sciences

Met APPG on Suicide and Self-Harm, Prevention, UK Sobs, Future Young Minds, The Listening Place, Mental Health Matters, Grassroots, Men's Minds Matter, Evelyn's Butterfly Effect, If U Care Share, Somewhere House, Children and Young, People’s Mental Health Coalition, Money and Mental Health, Body and Soul, National Bereavement Alliance, Missing People, Gambling with Lives, CALM, Policy Connect, Child Bereavement UK, WIPUK, Young Minds

To discuss the government's strategy on suicide prevention

Met UK Steel

To discuss the UK's business environment

Met Virgin Media

To discuss Investment into the UK

Met Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, PromPeru, Pearson Plc, Argentine Chamber of Commerce, ERG International UK Ltd, Howden Group, Diageo, Baker McKenzie, Ontier Holdings Ltd, Pernod Ricard, Redfern Legal LLP, RBC Bluebay, Harbour Energy, Anglo American

To discuss UK-Latin American Trade

Met Jacob Collier MP and constituents

To discuss long COVID

Met Children's Rights Alliance for England

To discuss Children's Rights Alliance for England's priorities around children's rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Met David Forbes Nixon Charitable Foundation

To discuss updates about the Disability Employment Charter and to provide updates on the draft Equality Bill and Disability Confident.

Met Macquarie Group

To discuss Macquarie's business plans in the UK

Met Dr Fei-Fei Li, academic at Stanford University

To discuss the AI Summit and the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan

Met Meredith Whittaker, Signal

Introductory meeting

Met Chartered Institute of Export and International Trade, ECommerce Trade Commission, AICES, Amazon, eBay, Google, ICAEW, Shopify, Alibaba Group

To discuss the recommendations of the Commission’s first policy paper

Met Deloitte

To discuss the UK investment environment

Met Mati Staniszewki, Eleven Labs; Victor Riparbelli, Synthesisa

Meeting to discuss the UK's AI landscape, including a focus on AI skills and the AI business environment

Met National Federation of Subpostmasters

To facilitate conversations between Post Office Ltd and the NFSP

Met CIOT, ICAEW, ICAS, ATT, IFS, CBI, LITRG, ACCA

To discuss stakeholder priorities for tax administration and simplification.

Met Heather Stewart, The Guardian

Routine media engagement to discuss HMG's growth priorities

Met John Kingman, Shriti Vadera, Greg Clark

To discuss a letter concerning the leadership of the industrial strategy council

Met Lord Lansley, Robert Pocknell - CEO, N&M Consulting & Ana-Mariya Madzhurova - Fair Standards Alliance

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill discussion.

Met Centre4, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, Business Hive, E Factor Group Ltd.,

A discussion involving an introduction to social prescribing, people-powered partnerships and the wider business communities in Northern Lincolnshire.

Met Grimsby Town Football Club; Our Future; North East Lincolnshire Council

Roundtable on reform in Grimsby and a discussion on the work of 'Our Future'.

Met Safe Sick Pay Campaign - Centre for Progressive Change, Resolution Foundation, WPI Economics, Work Foundation, UNISON

Discussion on the reform of Statutory Sick Pay.

Met PIMCO

Meeting to discuss Financial Services and economic growth opportunities

Met HSBC

Meeting to discuss Financial Services and economic growth opportunities