Ministers' Meetings

Met Eli Lilly

To discuss dementia

Met Kent County Council, Medway Council

To provide an update on the Devolution Priority Programme, ahead of an Oral Statement to Parliament

Met Constantin Cotzias, Bloomberg

To discuss business environment and UK growth agenda.

Met Midlands Connect

To discuss Future Green Projects and Project WISERR.

Met REC

To provide speaking remarks on the Employment Rights Bill at REC's parliamentary event on driving growth

Met Julia Lopez MP and constituent

To discuss the campaign to improve fireworks safety, making Challenge 25 a legal requirement for retailers and limiting sales of fireworks

Met Babcock International Group, Qinetiq

Defence Industrial Joint Council

Met School for Social Entreprenuers, Happy Smiles Training Community Interest Company, Harry Specters, Ability Consultancy, Travel Hands, Even Break, Nickel Support, Send it to Alex, Little Gate Farm, Disability Sports Coach, Autek Community Interest Company.

Roundtable with social enterprises that support disabled people. The meeting will bring together voluntary sector leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers to discuss the best conditions for employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Met Administrative Burdens Advisory Board (ABAB)

To discuss the findings of the ABAB annual survey and HMRC customer services.

Met Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, BMW, Stellantis, Ford, Toyota, VW, Kia, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai, Renault, Volvo, Honda, SAIC Motor

To discuss industry views on the following consultation: phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and supporting the ZEV transition.

Met GlaxoSmithKline, Health Data Research UK, King's College London, UCL Partners, Liverpool John Moores University, South West Academic Health Science Network, Bioindustry Association

To discuss life sciences

Met AU Special Envoy for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and other Mass Atrocities in Africa

To discuss risks and prevention of atrocities in Sudan

Met Muir Mhor Wind Farm, MarramWind, ScottishPower Renewables, Arven Offshore Wind Farm, BlueFloat, ESB, Buchan Offshore Wind, bp, SSE, Northland Power Inc., West of Orkney Wind Farm, Thistle Wind Partners, OW Ocean Winds

To discuss offshore wind, supply chains and Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA)

Met Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Lansons, Signum Global, EDPR, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), Societe Generale

To discuss zonal pricing, the role of hydrogen in the UK, Clean Power by 2030 and the global cost of energy

Met Net Zero Council - Siemens, Barratt Redrow, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Suez, Nestle, UK Corporate Leaders Group, Octopus Investments, Impax Asset Management, HSBC, Trades Union Congress (TUC), Design Council, Food Farming and Countryside Commission, Race Equality Commission, Everyone's Environment Coalition, Local Government Association, Climate Action Network UK, WWF-UK, UK Corporate Bank, Aviva Investors, Institute Grocery Distribution, EY, Nestle, Broadway Initiative, Federation of Small Businesses, SSE, Aldersgate Group, CBI, Green Finance Institute

Initial meeting of the relaunched Net Zero Council, to agree the council's terms of reference, areas of focus and workplan for accelerating decarbonisation and climate leadership

Met European Climate Foundation

To discuss international climate action and net zero

Met Friends of the Earth

To discuss the government's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan

Met Diageo

Visited Diageo in Leven to hear about their decarbonisation techniques and challenges the industry are facing

Met School for Social Entrepreneurs, Happy Smiles Training Community Interest Company, Harry Specters, Ability Consultancy, Travel Hands, Even Break, Nickel Support, Send it to Alex, Little Gate Farm, Disability Sports Coach, Autek Community Interest Company

Roundtable with social enterprises that support disabled people. The meeting will bring together voluntary sector leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers to discuss the best conditions for employment opportunities for people with disabilities

Met GMB

Meeting at Harland and Wolff's Methil site to discuss the finalisation of Navantia's acquisition of Harland and Wolff and

Met Startup Coalition, Fintech All Party Parliamentary Group, FDATA, Moneyhub

Panel discussion on the UK's Open Finance sector and prioritising Open Finance as a priority scheme under the new Smart Data powers

Met Harland and Wolff

Visit to Methil Harland and Wolff site and discussion with Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government, Navantia UK and local government on the finalisation of Navantia's acquisition of Harland and Wolff's UK sites

Met LloydsBank, NatWestGroup, HSBCBank, SantanderBusinessBanking, BritishBusinessBank, UKBusinessAngelsAssociation, ResponsibleFinance, LendingStandardsBoard, BritishPrivateEquityandVentureCapitalAssociation, UKFinance, UKExportFinance

To discuss challenges faced by the ethnic minority business community in accessing finance in the UK

Met Energy and Utilities Skills Partnership, Energy UK, Prospect, Trades Union Congress, Energy Leaders� Coalition (representative from National Grid), bp, EDF, EON UK, Royal Academy of Engineering, King's Trust, Federation of Small Businesses

Roundtable to discuss challenges in clean energy sector attractiveness, mentioning increase in knowledge sharing across organisations, and promotion of opportunities and programmes for upskilling

Met Siemens, Barratt Redrow, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Suez, Nestle, UK Corporate Leaders Group, Octopus Investments, Impax Asset Management, HSBC, Trades Union Congress (TUC), Design Council, Food Farming and Countryside Commission, Race Equality Commission, Everyone's Environment Coalition, Local Government Association, Climate Action Network UK, WWF-UK, UK Corporate Bank, Aviva Investors, Institute Grocery Distribution, EY, Nestle, Broadway Initiative, Federation of Small Businesses, SSE, Aldersgate Group, CBI, Green Finance Institute

Initial meeting of the relaunched Net Zero Council, to agree the council's terms of reference, areas of focus and workplan for accelerating decarbonisation and climate leadership

Met ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport), Association of British Insurers, Association of Drainage Authorities, Blueprint for Water, Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Minister, Canal & River Trust, Derby City Lead Local Flood Authority, Environment Agency, Flood Forecasting Centre, FloodRe, Gloucestershire Local Resilience Forum, Greater London Authority/ London Resilience Forum, Home Office, Lincolnshire Local Resilience Forum, Local Government Association, Mayor of South Yorkshire, Met Office, National Farmers Union, National Police Chiefs Council, Northern Ireland Government, Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, Welsh Government, Fire Brigades Union, MHCLG - Director, National Flood Forum, MHCLG Minister, Gloucestershire Lead Local Flood Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, National Fire Chiefs Council, National Resilience, Scottish Government, Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, Derbyshire Local Resilience Forum, Department for Transport Minister

Quarterly forum for discussing the UK's flood resilience

Met Pew Charitable Trust, World Resources Institute (WRI), International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Natural History Museum, ZSL Marine, National Oceanography Centre, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Environmental Justice Foundation, Fauna and Flora International, Environmental Investigation Agency, Greenpeace UK

Attended meeting to discuss marine policy on oceans and plastics

Met First Light Fusion

To discuss fusion energy in the UK and in the US, technological advancements and commercial challenges and opportunities

Met Meta

Introductory meeting with Joel Kaplan, incoming Chief Global Affairs Officer for Meta. Discussed the UK regulatory landscape, implementation of the online harms act.

Met Coreweave

To discuss the AI Opportunities Action Plan and AI infrastructure

Met Alasdair Allan MSP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Dave Doogan MP, Energy UK, Graham Leadbitter MP, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off

Met National Parents Forum

To discuss the National Parent Forum's conference

Met JLR, Nissan, BMW, Stellantis, Ford, Toyota (GB) Plc, Society of Motor Manufactrers and Traders (SMMT),VW Group, Kia, Mercedes Benz Cars UK, Hyundai, Renault, Volvo, Honda, Tesla, SAIC

To discuss the ZEV Mandate

Met Climate Investment Funds

To discuss the launch of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Capital Markets Mechanism and ways to increase the use of innovative financial instruments

Met RELX, IP Federation, The Entrepreneurs Network, Open AI, TechUK, IBM, Spawning AI, Google, Startup Coalition, Amazon, META, Adobe, Human Native AI, Microsoft

To discuss the issue of Copyright and AI

Met EON, Stonehaven

To discuss Stonehaven's proposals for supporting vulnerable customers and tackling energy debt

Met Hg Capital

To discuss Hg Capital's portfolio and investment priorities

Met Fidelity

To discuss UK investment opportunities and challenges

Met AustralianSuper

To discuss AustralianSuper's investment plans in the UK

Met All Saints Catholic High School

To check in with the school and express condolences following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the school

Met Knighthead, Birmingham City Football Club

To discuss their investment in the West Midlands region

Met Rosa Prince, Bloomberg

Profile interview

Met University of Leeds

To discuss the University of Leed's Foresight Report on Life Sciences

Met Sainsbury's

To discuss industrial policy

Met PunchPubs, Heineken, ShepherdNeame, FredericRobinson, GreeneKing, Fullers, BudweiserBrewingGroup, MolsonCoors, BBPA, UKH, BII, SIBA, Marstons, Diageo

Met smallbusinessbritain, barclays, jomassociates, britishchambers, alcumus, broadwayinitiative, BT

To discuss the Willow Review report development

Met London Councils

To discuss priorities for children's services across London

Met Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Survivors Trust, Child Abuse Compensation Department at Switalskis LLP Solicitors

To discuss the Department's approach to strengthening child safeguarding and protection, and to discuss the proposed Child Protection Authority

Met Energy UK, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off

Met Centrica

To discuss the Climate Energy Plan, North Sea licenses, and Gas Import Facilities