Ministers' Meetings

Met Guy Strafford

To discuss artificial intelligence and data

Met British Medical Journal

To discuss the NHS BMJ Commission

Met Community Trade Union

To discuss dental nurses and social care.

Met Medway Council

To discuss devolution in Kent

Met General Pharmaceutical Council

To discuss the GPhC�s regulatory performance

Met Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Attendance at ABPI Board meeting

Met UK Hospitality

To discuss the UK's hospitality sector.

Met Simon Armitage (Poet Laureate)

To discuss the National Poetry Centre

Met Social Enterprise

To discuss support for high street businesses

Met Grenfell residents town hall

To discuss the future of Grenfell Tower

Met Blackpool Council

To discuss the Government's plans for greater devolution

Met Chief Rabbi

To discuss combating antisemitism, supporting faith communities and interfaith cooperation

Met UK Hospitality

To discuss the impact of the Budget announcements on business rates on the hospitality sector

Met West Bank Protection Consortium; West Bank Protection Consortium

Visit to hear from Palestinian communities on settler violence, continued settlement expansion and ongoing demolitions and evictions.

Met UNRWA Affairs West Bank

Visit to UNRWA refugee camp: to see UNRWA’s work first hand and to meet with UNRWA staff and beneficiaries to discuss key issues and challenges

Met Rape Crisis, Imkaan, Women for Refugee Women

Discussion on sexual harassment and abuse within the asylum system, and VAWG

Met The Guardian

Discussion on eVisas to help inform and provide a quote for a forthcoming article the Guardian was writing on eVisas.

Met Tesco, Sainsburys, Co-Op, JD Sports Fashion plcs, Boots, John Lewis, Aldi, Spar UK, Primark, Next Group, TJX Europe, Superdrug, Morrisons, Lidl, M&S, BP, IKEA, Mitie, University of London, BRC, ACS, USDAW, North Wales Police/ NPCC Lead for Acquisitive Crime Merseyside Police / NPCC Lead for Retail Crime National Business Crime Centre Sussex PCC / APCC Lead for Retail Crime and Pegasus Lead North Wales PCC / APCC Lead for Retail Crime APCC Opal

Retail Crime Forum

Met Neighbourhood Watch

First meeting to discuss company processes

Met Hospitality Sector Council - Attendees - Hawksmoor; UKHospitality; British Institute of Innkeeping, Mowgli Street Food, Fullers, Caravan Restaurants, Burger King UK, Greene King, Chibuku Shake Shake, Circus, and The Merchant, Nationwide Caterers Association, Society of Independent Brewers, Revolution Bars Group, Nando?s UK & IRE, Dishoom, Lucky Saint, C�te Brasserie, Hub Box

Meeting to discuss opportunities and challenges in the hospitality sector.

Met Mind, Scope, Disability Benefits Consortium, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Research and Development UK, Carers UK, Health Foundation, DPO Forum, Healthier Futures, Shelter, Citizen�s Advice, Crisis, Chartered Institute of Housing, National Housing Federation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, London Councils, Local Government Association, National Residential Landlords Association

Met as part of a Health and Disability Roundtable to discuss jobs, employment support and the benefits system for disabled people and people with health conditions.

Met Activity Alliance

Parliamentary Drop-in at Lords Cricket Ground to celebrate the International Day of Rights for Disabled People. Minister met with Activity Alliance representatives to discuss getting more people into sport.

Met Google

Visit to Google's Accessibility Discovery Centre who are developing Assistive Technology.

Met Sense

Parliamentary drop in event to celebrate the International Day of Rights for Disabled People.

Met Lord Sainsbury

Joint meeting with Minister Vallance to discuss the structure of the growth plan and industrial strategy

Met Mind, Scope, Disability Benefits Consortium, Faculty of Occupational Medicine / Council for Work and Health / Safety of Occupational Medicine, Leeds University, Research and Development UK, Carers UK, Health Foundation, Member of DPO Forum - Inclusion London, Principal of Newnham College Cambridge

Roundtable to discuss jobs, employment support and the benefits system for disabled people and people with health conditions as well as early discussions following budget announcement on reforms to health and disability benefits early in 2025

Met Anne Puckridge

To listen to thier concerns about the policy of uprating benefits for those livimg abroad

Met SOAS, University of London

To discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan

Met Meeting with Gaza hostage families

Discussion of Gaza hostage situation

Met Far East Consortium

To discuss Far East Consortium's investment plans

Met Lai Sun Group

To discuss UK investment environment and opportunities

Met Tencent

To discuss Tencent's business plans in the UK

Met MTR Corporation

To discuss UK investment environment and opportunities

Met Rape Crisis, Imkaan, and Women for Refugee Women

to discuss their "Not Safe Here" Report, Failing to protect women in Asylum Accommodation

Met A range of businesses across sectors

To discuss the small business environment in the UK

Met EDF Energy, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Trainline, Associated British Ports, Aon, ScottishPower, Samworth Brothers Limited, LetterOne, IBM United Kingdom Limited, Airbus, Shell International Limited, Airbus, Confederation of British Industry, Laing O'Rourke plc, AstraZeneca plc, Safety Letter Box Co Ltd, PwC, Lloyds Banking Group Plc, BASF plc, Robert Bosch Ltd, Bailie Group Ltd, Bailie Group Ltd, Microsoft Ltd, Impax Asset Management Group plc, Lee Hecht Harrison Ltd, ABP Food Group, Ground Control Holdings Limited, Arcadis LLP, JLL, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited

To discuss growth agenda and business engagement

Met Trade Union Congress

To discuss the Industrial Strategy and Make Work Pay

Met What Works Network Council

To discuss the role of the What Works Centres and evaluation to support public service reform.

Met Place Matters

Meeting on the importance of place and bringing services together; discussion on Test and Learn approaches and the work Place Matters are doing.

Met White Ribbon Campain

To discuss white ribbon accreditation

Met Range of small business entrepreneurs

Informal engagement during Business Breakfast Reception

Met Chris Mason, Political Editor of BBC News, Robert Peston, Political Editor of ITV News, Beth Rigby, Political Editor of Sky News, Gary Gibbon, Political Editor of C4 News, Andy Bell, Political Editor of C5 News, Chris Hope, Editor of GB News

Video call with broadcast political editors to set out the Government's Plan for Change

Met Go Ahead East Sussex Sight Loss Council Govia Thameslink Railway Brighton and Hove Buses and Metrobus Brighton & Hove City Council

Visit to Brighton and Hove, to meet with leaders from the local transport landscape and representatives from accessibility organisations

Met British Parking Association

To hold an introductory meeting to discuss the National Parking Platform with Chief Executive Andrew Pester

Met Volvo Cars

To discuss Volvo's UK priorities, the ZEV Mandate, and what can be done to promote a supportive EV ecosystem in the UK with Jim Rowan, the CEO and President of Volvo.

Met CAA

Meeting to discuss consumer rights issues, aviation acessibility, use of regulatory powers, future of flight regulatory issues and airspace modernisation

Met National Literacy Trust

Discuss the support for the Department's Home Learning Environment policy

Met Charterd Institute Water and Environment Management

Attended the CIWEM conference to discuss government's policy on water management

Met The Sutton Trust

To discuss priorities for social moblity within Children's and Families Policy

Met X-energy

To discuss advanced modular reactor technology and opportunities to invest in UK