Ministers' Meetings

Met Sunderland Athletic Football Club

To discuss investment

Met Temasek

To discuss Temasek's investment plans in the UK

Met Disability Access Ambassadors

Quarterly catch up with Disability Access Ambassadors. Minister heard updates from attendees who shared their work and achievements, since they last met in September.

Met Cerulean Winds

To discuss investment in offshore wind

Met Charter School Bermondsey

To discuss the AI Opportunities Action Plan.

Met National Police Chiefs Lead for Roads Policing,

Discussion on roads policing

Met Disability Access Ambassadors

Quarterly catch up with Disability Access Ambassadors. Minister heard updates from attendees who shared their work and achievements, since they last met in September

Met Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor, Financial Times

To discuss the government's priorities in the Indo-Pacific

Met Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities

To discuss the Local Government Finance Settlement, and Local Authority Funding reform

Met EDF Renewables, Nuclear Industry Association, Offshore Wind UK, Offshore Windy Industry Council, Hydrogen Delivery Council, Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Council, Heat Pump Association, Grissan, Amentum, Energy System Catapult, Green Finance Institute, Trades Union Congress (TUC), Octopus Energy

Clean Energy Sector Roundtable meeting to discuss the Industrial Strategy

Met Police and Crime Commissioners

Intro Meeting to establish working relationship and organisations Priorities

Met End Our Cladding Scandal

To discuss cladding remediation.

Met VW

To discuss their position with regards to the ZEV Mandate 2030 date consultation

Met ChargeUK

To discuss their position with regards to the ZEV Mandate 2030 date consultation

Met Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders

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 UCL

To launch the AI Opportunities Action Plan

Met Chairs of the Business Boards Network

To discuss the Devolution White Paper.

Met Survivor Family Network

Discussed 'parental alienation', pathfinder courts and legislation on increasing protections for domestic abuse in family courts

Met Walking and Cycling Alliance

Quarterly meeting with WACA Chief Executives to set out WACA's key priorities for 2025

Met Triple P UK

Discussed parenting programmes that Triple P offer and how they could be better utilised in the family courts. Also discussed their work across Whitehall with other departments

Met Energy UK

To discuss issues facing consumers, including debt, affordability support and the Warm Homes Plan

Met TrustMark

To discuss the accreditation landscape for government-assured retrofitting measures

Met Local Government Association

To discuss Local Government Finance Settlement, English Devolution, the Leaders' Council, and Local Audit

Met Kyoto playwriters (Joe Murphy, Joe Robertson, Gemma Stockwood)

To discuss the inspiration behind the play and the importance of positive climate change narratives

Met Grenfell Bereaved and Survivors

To discuss the Grenfell Tower site, Grenfell Tower memorial, and Grenfell Inquiry response

Met South Wales Police

Call to discuss local operational issue

Met Trade Union Congress

To discuss AI Opportunities Action Plan

Met Alun Michael

Call to discuss local operational issue

Met National Energy System Operator (NESO)

To discuss tight electricity margins

Met Howard Davies

General discussion on HMG's airport / airspace strategy

Met The Elton John AIDS Foundation

Video call to discuss the Government’s action to tackle HIV/AIDS, and the global context

Met Korn Ferry

Meeting to discuss the recruitment of the Director General of NISTA

Met Mistral AI

To discuss Mistral's investment expansion in the UK AI sector including the scale of opportunity for AI in the UK

Met Witton Lodge Community Association

Meeting to learn about the aims of the North Birmingham Economic Recovery Board and hear how the partners work together to deliver those aims.

Met Enterprise Nation

To discuss UK business environment for small businesses

Met Jon Severs, Editor, Tes magazine

To discuss priorities in education

Met Bond Disability and Development Group

To hear about the challenges the disability movement face globally, whilst reaffirming UK commitment to disability inclusion in all its work.

Met Mike Soutar

To discuss the Board of Trade

Met Mott MacDonald

Visit to Mott MacDonald�s office in London to ahead of the launch of the Equality (Race & Disability Bill) Consultation. Minister met with senior leaders for an informal discussion to hear more about Mott MacDonald, their decision to publish their disability pay gap and the impact this is having on disability inclusivity

Met Institute of Directors

Bilat a part of a series of discussions with B5 business groups, to discuss the agenda for the growth speech

Met L&G

To discuss preparations for the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue

Met Family of victim of crossbow attack

Discussion on Shane's Law and dangerous weapons

Met Mouvement des Entreprises de France

To discuss the UK/EU relationship and the UK's bilateral relations with France.

Met Maritime & Transport Action Group

Discussed creating skills opportunities for maritime workers.

Met BioIndustry Association

To discuss biotechnology industry, system leadership and coordination across Government through the Biological Security Strategy.

Met John Fallon

To discuss public sector reform.

Met Mott MacDonald

Visit to Mott MacDonald�s office in London to ahead of the launch of the Equality (Race & Disability Bill) Consultation. Minister met with senior leaders for an informal discussion to hear more about Mott MacDonald, their decision to publish their disability pay gap and the impact this is having on disability inclusivity.

Met Xero

Demo of the Xero software.

Met Trussell, Little Treasures Baby Bank, Young Men's Christian Association Robin Hood Group, Christians Against Poverty, Space 4 U, Newark College, Magnus Academy and West Grantham Primary and Secondary Academies (SNMAT), Young Men's Christian Association England and Wales, Newark Food Banks, Nottinghamshire Police

Met as part of January's Child Poverty Taskforce roundtable to discuss increasing outcomes, reducing costs, increasing financal resilience, and better local services to reduce child poverty

Met Airbus UK

Discussed Airbus' UK operations in the space sector