Ministers' Meetings

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 London Victims Commissioner

Discussed Victims Code Campaign

Met Meredith Whittaker, Signal

Introductory meeting

Met David Zapolsky, Amazon; Michael Punke, AWS

To discuss the AI landscape

Met Karim Beigur, InstaDeep

To discuss AI infrastructure and AI innovation

Met Dario Amodei, Anthropic

To discuss the upcoming MoU and the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Demis Hassabis, GDM

To discuss the AI ecosystem in the UK, and AI policy

Met British Retail Consortium

Introductory meeting to discuss (British Retail Consortium) BRC priorities

Met Mitchell Baker, Mozilla

To discuss Open-Source AI

Met Rene Haas, ARM

To discuss the UK's AI landscape, including the sovereign compute ambition set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan and ARM's technical work

Met Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office

To discuss the Independent Review of Criminal Courts

Met Bar Council

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Probation Trade Unions

Ministerial engagement with the Probation Trade Unions relating to probation reform

Met British and Irish Portable Battery Association

Discussion on how to improve battery recycling and a look at government battery regulations

Met Campaign for Nature, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International-UK, Fauna & Flora, Forest Peoples Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife and Countryside, World Wide Fund for Nature-UK, The Wildlife Trust, Zoological Society of London, Global Youth Ambassador Project, World Resources Institute, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge Conservation Institute, World Conservation Society, Natural History Museum, Kew, Greenpeace, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation Trust, Survival International, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Pew Charitable Trust, Marine Conservation Society, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance

A roundtable post-COP16 to discuss international developments on nature and climate

Met MSC

Introductory meeting to discuss MSC's history, decarbonisation efforts and investments within the UK.

Met Policy in Practice

Attended meeting to discuss water affordably measures and how water companies can support affordability

Met The Faith and Belief Forum

To discuss the Inter Faith Week consultation.

Met AstraZeneca

To discuss the OxCam Growth Corridor and the Minister's new role as its champion.

Met Chief of the Lay Observers

Discussed the work of the lay observers in Q1 of 2025

Met Probation Trade Unions

Ministerial engagement with the Probation Trade Unions relating to probation reform

Met Association of Electoral Administrators

To discuss electoral administrators ahead of the Association of Electoral Administrators conference.

Met Dr Jessica Taylor

Discussed Violence Against Women and Girls

Met Professor Katrin Hohl

Discussed Rape And Serious Sexual Offences Trials

Met Sam Altman, OpenAi; Chris Lehane, OpenAi; Sandro Gianella, OpenAi

To discuss the AI ecoystem and UK AI policy

Met Business Dinner - Shell India, ReNew, Avaana Capital, Essar Capital, RPSG Group, Intent

Business dinner discussing the UK-India relationship, renewable energy and transport

Met Unison

To discuss the government's ongoing China audit

Met Aldi

Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions through it's Jobcentre Plus network can support with recruitment and increase diversity and inclusion within the company.

Met Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK

To discuss the resilience review.

Met Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Africa

Met National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

To discuss international climate action, energy security and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Met BII, Blue Planet, Ecofy, EverEnviro, Everstone Capital, LiNa, Climate-I, Vecmocon, Eeki, Euler Motors

Informal event where entrepreneurs back by the UK through FCDO Capital and British International Investment discussed their products

Met National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

To discuss the partnership between India and the UK, India's energy transition, and climate finance

Met CECA; Build UK; Home Builders Federation ; British Property Federation ; Association of Consultants and Engineering ; Federation of Small Businesses ; British Chambers of Commerce; Construction Leadership; AtkinsRealis; Balfour Beatty; Heathrow; Skanska; Mott McDonald; Bouygues UK; Jacobs; Severn Trent ; AECOM; BAM Nuttall; Top Hat; Arup; Amey; Barratt Redrow; Vistry Group; Turner and Townsend; Costain; Wates Group; Sir Robert McAlpine; Galliford Try; Morrisroe Group; Keltbray; Berkeley Homes Group; SISK; Multiplex; VINCI Construction UK; Willmott Dixon; Ferrovial Construction; Bellway Homes; J Murphy and Sons; Henry Boot; Arcadis; Buro Happold; Crown Estate; Equans; Kier; JCB; Laing O�Rourke; Tilbury Douglas; WSP; Anglian Water; Great Wolf Resorts; McDonalds; Lidl; DHL; MVV Environment Limited ;Mitsubishi Estate UK; Aldi; Moderna UK and Ireland; JLL; Turley; Savills; General Investment Management; Oxford Properties and Legal; Lendlease; Acorn Bioenergy Ltd.

To discuss housing supply and infrastructure and support for the construction and development industry.

Met Spinal Injuries Association

Parliamentary Reception. The event is to mark the very first National Awareness Day for Paralysed Bowel Care. A milestone in their campaign to improve care and support for individuals living with neurogenic bowel dysfunction.

Met Surviving Economic Abuse

To listen to and discuss the concerns raised by Surviving Economic Abuse and assure them that owner-occupiers are not prevented from claiming housing support if they have left their home through fear of violence and that the capital value of a home that a customer has fled from is not a limiting factor in receiving support with housing costs.

Met The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Resolution Foundation, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Citizens Advice Scotland, Joseph Roundtree Foundation.

To discuss the manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit. To gather initial views on key areas of the review and to share our planned approach, overall goals and timeline woth stakeholders.

Met GoodThingsFoundation

to explore digital inclusion for claimants with disabilities and its potential to enhance their lives and employment opportunities.

Met Clare Barclay

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

Met Ford

To discuss electric vehicle adoption, regulation and consumer insights

Met Boeing

Discussion of Boeing and HMG’s priorities in the aerospace and defence, and future opportunities for the UK’s supply chain.

Met Heathrow, NPPF, HTA Design, Royal Town Planning Institute, Mace, McCarthy Stone, Association of Consultants and Engineering, DHA Planning, Berkeley Homes Group, Kent Housing Group, Homes Builders Federation, Builders Merchants Federation, National Home Improvement Council, Lichfields, Balfour Beatty, British Chambers of Commerce, Northern Housing Consortium, National Housing Federation

To discuss the UK business environment for planning and construction

Met GAVI CEO

Meeting to discuss the vaccine replenishment fund and their upcoming conference.

Met GoodThingsFoundation

To explore digital inclusion for claimants with disabilities and its potential to enhance their lives and employment opportunities

Met Spinal Injuries Association

Parliamentary Reception. The event is to mark the very first National Awareness Day for Paralysed Bowel Care. A milestone in their campaign to improve care and support for individuals living with neurogenic bowel dysfunction

Met NESTA

To discuss the 10 Year Health Plan

Met Tony Gallagher, Editor and Steven Swinford, Political Editor The Times

Dinner where the NHS and wider health issues were discussed

Met Roundtable of Small Businesses

Federation of Small Businesses roundtable to meet small businesses to discuss the role of SMEs in supporting apprenticeships and skills, and to understand how they can be supported to help deliver further

Met One + All, Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter

Tour of One + All during a visit to Manchester and discussion on the benefits of employee ownership