Ministers' Meetings

Met Forests with Impact and Sunbelt Rentals

Discussion on the model of Forests with Impact, including how it engages with its current corporate partners and opportunities to grow

Met BlackRock

To discuss Blackrock's investment priorities

Met Family Justice Board

To discuss the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report into child abuse within the family environment and discuss priorities for the family justice system in 2025-2026 including national targets, regional improvement goals and areas of focus

Met Celsa Steel

Visit to Celsa Steel for steel strategy roundtable and discussion of Celsa Steel's Cardiff operations

Met National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers

To discuss behaviour in schools policy

Met Confederation of School Trusts

To discuss Early Years policy

Met Chair of the Safeguarding Review Panel

To discuss improvements to safeguarding practices in children's social care

Met BBC News

To discuss the government's priorities.

Met UK Power Networks

To discuss key resilience challenges, the interplay between economic growth and clean energy, and how the energy sector is evolving.

Met The Sunday Times

To discuss the government's priorities.

Met Prof Lord Richard Layard

To discuss the growth and skills offer

Met London Care Leavers Trust Board

To discuss the London Care Leavers Compact and priorities for improving support for care leavers

Met Google

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met CIFAS UK

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met Royal Hospital Chelsea

Veterans Engagement

Met Andy Burnham, Steve Rotheram

To discuss Hillsborough Law.

Met Action with Communities in Rural England, Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA), Avanti Gas, British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association, Country Land and Business Association, Heat Pump Association, Liquid Gas UK, Nesta, Oil Firing Technical Association, Sustainable Energy Association, Thermal Storage UK, United Kingdom and Ireland Fuel Distribution Association

Roundtable to discuss challenges facing decarbonisation of rural properties

Met Universities UK

To discuss upcoming roundtable on a sustainable R&D ecosystem.

Met Battle of the buses visit

Visit to North Weald, Essex to participate in the First Bus "Battle of the Buses" Event and meet with frontline staff, learner drivers, driving instructors and apprentices.

Met Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport, Heathrow Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, London City Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport, Manchester Airports Group, Manchester Airport, Newcastle International Airport, Farnborough Airport, Regional and City Airports, Airports UK

To discuss the impact of changes to business rates on the airport sector

Met Young Londoners Summit

Keynote speaker at the Young Londoner's Summit. The event is convened by the Mayor's Fund for London and focusses on inclusive growth for young people facing the biggest barriers

Met Claire Craig, University of Oxford

Introductory meeting to discuss AI trends in academia

Met National Farmers Union

Attended meeting to discuss floods policy including international drainage boards

Met Children in Care Campaign

Meeting to discuss the Foreign Secertary's Children in Care campaign and how they can help to propel it forward.

Met The Nuffield Trust

To discuss NHS reform

Met Sojan Joseph MP, Baroness Buscombe, Baroness Bottomley, Member of Dr Julia Buckley MP's office, Liz Twist MP, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rethink Mental Illness, Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, Josh Dean MP , Sadik Al-Hassan MP , Baroness Barker , Baroness Parminter , Baroness Watkins, Member of Dr Danny Chambers MP's office, Abtisam Mohammed MP, Lord Davies of Brixton, Baroness Hollins, Mental Health Matters, Centre for Mental Health, Act For Change, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales

To discuss mental Health Bill and wider mental health issues

Met Anusha Asthana Deputy Editor of Independent Television News

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

Met Knowsley Council

Meeting to discuss Get Britain Working reform, how the Council�s �Knowsley Works� service may be able to support Government employment support reforms, and hear Knowsley�s priorities.

Met APPG on Creative Health

To discuss creativity and prevention

Met Sutton Trust

To discuss socio-economic inequalities in the access to medical schools

Met IMO

Introductory meeting with the Secretary-General which discussed maritime decarbonisation and current affairs.

Met Tenant Farmers Association

Attended meeting to discuss issues facing tenant farmers

Met Portsmouth International Port

Tour of site including SEA CHANGE project funded by DfT to launch the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy.

Met North East Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority, West of England Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, East Midlands Combined County Authority, Greater London Authority, Local Government Association

A meeting with Metro Mayors to discuss delivery of the Youth and Inactivity Trailblazers.

Met Pippa Crerar, Political Editor, The Guardian

Dinner following Guardian Live event where the SofS spoke, where the government's health agenda was discussed

Met Recruitment and Employment Federation

Meeting to discuss engagement of private sector with reform program for job centres

Met Econ Editor Interviews (off the record)

Media engagement in the run-up to the Spring Statement

Met Microsoft

to discuss their work with Department for Work and Pension's to date and areas of potential future collaboration.

Met Deutsche Bahn, Freightliner, GB Railfreight, NTS global, Colas Rail, Rail Freight Group, Rail Partners, Network Rail, Great British Rail Transition Team,

Railfreight Roundtable

Met GRAIL

To discuss the approach to screening new medicines to promote innovation.

Met Tony Blinken

Personal meeting to discuss geopolitics.

Met Transport for London

A meeting to discuss the buses bill ahead of the committee stage

Met Heathrow

To discuss the Heathrow airport closure

Met Heathrow Airport

Discussion around Heathrow power outage

Met Confederation of British Business

To discuss vision for Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor

Met Gordon Brown

To discuss the government's priorities for the Spring Statement

Met Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Mikey's Wish Foundation, Chris Kamara

To discuss speech and language therapy services

Met Brandon Trust, Glassmoon Services, Active Social Care, Avanti Homecare, Care First 24, Community Integrated Care, Dimensions, Doris Jones, First City Nursing, National Care Group, Peak 15 Support, Possibilities, Right at Home, St Monica's Trust, Stow Healthcare, Turning Point, Walnut Care

To meet participants of the Early Adopters of the Carers Workforce Pathway

Met Catherine Ashton; Brian Cox

Meeting to discuss the future of the UK's Space Policy.

Met Finance and Leasing Association

Meeting to discuss UK financial services and opportunities for the sectors growth