Ministers' Meetings

Met De Beers

To discuss the work of the UK-headquartered company in Africa.

Met Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jewish Leadership Council, Community Security Trust, Union of Jewish Students

Meeting to discuss inter-faith relations, community cohesion and fighting anti-semitism, including across the health and education sectors

Met British Columbia Business Council, Bennett Jones LLP, Association of Mineral Exploration (AMBC), Research Universities' Council of British Columbia (RUCBC), Capilano University, HME Home Health, DP World, Concrete British Columbia (BC), Scotiabank, Pembina Pipelines, Clark Wilson, STEMCELL Technologies, Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB), Independent, Aritzia, British Council British Columbia (BC), PFM Executive Search, University of British Columbia (UBC), AME

To discuss UK-Canada trade with British Columbia businesses

Met Variational AI Inc, Abcellera, STEMCELL Technologies, Genome BC, Life Sciences BC, EYAM Health, HTuO Biosciences

To discuss the Canadian life sciences sector in British Columbia

Met The Movember Foundation, Blaine Hunt, supporters and families

Breakfast roundtable to discuss men's health, focussing on prevention and early intervention in respect of prostrate and testicular cancers, and men's mental health and suicide

Met Local Government Association

To discuss the Local Government Finance Policy Statement

Met Green Climate Fund

To discuss the Green Climate Fund and innovative sources of finance

Met Lansdowne Partners

To discuss VC and business landscape in relation to science and innovation.

Met Regen, Electricity Storage Network, Modo Energy, Gore Street Capital, Constantine Energy Storage, Innova, Field, Gresham House, Zenob?, Fluence, ANESCO, Adaptogen Capital/Varco Energy, Conrad Energy, FRV, Statera Energy

Roundtable to discuss investment into batteries, planning and grid connections

Met The Agricultural & Horticulture Development Board

Meeting with Chief Executive Office and Chairman of to discuss key issues in the Horticulture sector. This includes farming profitability and APR.

Met EDF Renewables

Pre-brief for the Onshore Wind Taskforce with industry, focusing on logistics and agenda

Met Early Years Alliance

To discuss priorities for early years

Met University of Cambridge

To discuss dyslexia research

Met Dr Fatih Birol

To discuss HMG action on climate change, energy security, the IEA Future of Energy Security Summit and Global Clean Power Alliance membership

Met Community Forest Trust, England's Community Forests, National Forest Company, Woodland Trust, Confor

The first meeting of the Tree Planting Taskforce, to discuss ways to meet the UK's tree planting targets

Met Yahoo

To discuss implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act and AI.

Met David Raw, Jenifer Tankard, Neil Bellamy, Roland Emmans, Abdul Qureshi, Eleanor Cox, Guy Philips, Ewan Strading

To discuss UK IP Finance

Met Full Fact

To discuss implementation of the Online Safety Act and mis/disinformation.

Met GRIDSERVE

To visit GRIDSERVE's Charging Station near Stevenage and to meet the Executive Chair, Roy Williamson and representatives from the charging industry.

Met Business Council of Canada, British Columbia Business Council, Port of Vancouver, British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

To discuss economic security challenges and opportunities in the UK and Canada

Met Become

Parliamentary drop in to understand Become's new report on new research into the barriers that young people leaving care face in accessing appropriate housing, and the inconsistent housing support provided to care leavers across the country

Met Bus Centre of Excellence, Arup

Attended the Anti-Social Behaviour and Violence Against Women & Girls on Transport Conference, in London, to deliver a keynote speech

Met British Retail Consortium

Meeting to discuss the UK's retail sector.

Met Michael Barber

To discuss public services and the importance of reform.

Met Lloyds Banking Group

To discuss the UK economy and financial services sector.

Met Sir Bill Browder

Meeting to discuss visa bans and asset freezes on Russia.

Met Inlogov

To discuss the Government's plans for greater devolution

Met Age UK

Discussion regarding concerns on eVisas and Windrush.

Met Sabanci University

To discuss UK-Turkey science and technology cooperation.

Met Network for Security Excellence and Collaboration Strathclyde University Security & Resilience Industry Suppliers Community (RISC) ADS Group British Security Industry Association (BSIA) TechUK

Security and Resilience Growth Partnership roundtable to discuss security sales and Government/industry cooperation

Met Mayor of London, Great London Authority, Shelter, Crisis, London Councils, Greenwich Council, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Thames Reach, Housing Justice, The Big Issue, Centre for Homelessness Impact, CatSM, The Passage, Groundswell, The No-Accommodation Network, Solace Women's Aid, London and Quadrant, Public Health England

To discuss development of the Mayor of London's Rough Sleeping Plan of Action

Met British Generic Manufacturers Association

Introductory meeting with the BGMA

Met Garanti Bank BBVA; Development and Investment Bank of Turkey (KYB); The Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB).

Working lunch hosted by CG Istanbul to discuss UK-Turkey business and growth priorities.

Met Agratas

To discuss an ongoing investment project in the UK

Met Tax Journal and AccountingWeb

To discuss Making Tax Digital

Met United Nation AIDS (UNAIDS)

To discuss global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Met Financial Times – George Parker (Political Editor)

Background discussion on XST's priorities

Met Founder of Mutuo

To discuss the cooperative business council announced by the Chancellor. No government commitments were made.

Met New Eurasia Strategies Centre (NEST)

Meeting with the Director of the Think Tank New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST)

Met Meeting with the Leader of the Italian Democratic Party

To discuss UK-Italian relations, the UK's Growth Mission, and regional disparities

Met Nuclear APPG roundtable: Urenco, Cavendish Nuclear, Rolls Royce SMR, Sheffield Forgemasters, Westinghouse, Laing O?Rourke, Amentum

Discussed the UK nuclear sector in the context of the Industrial Strategy at a meeting of the Nuclear All Party Parliamentary Group

Met The Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR); Development Review; IPPR

Dinner discussing civil society organisations work on development and the UK's approach

Met Doncaster-Sheffield Airport Action Group

Meeting to discuss progress with re-opening of airport, growth in the region, decarbonisation efforts, airspace process and airspace modernisation

Met BRC

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

Met GMB

Meeting to discuss GMB?s concerns about the ownership structure and management of ASDA.

Met IE:UK Board Meeting Attendees Gleeds, Lagan Construction Group, WSP, UK Export Finance, Connected Places Catapult, Arup, JCB, Mott McDonald, AtkinsR�alis, Infrastructure and Projects Authority.

To discuss infrastructure exports opportunities with board members, through a ?Team UK? approach, focusing on large and complex infrastructure projects overseas.

Met Shelter; National Housing Federation; Local Government Association; Association of Retained Council Housing; National Federations of Arms-Length Management; Chartered Institute of Housing; Northern Housing Consortium; G15; Generation Rent; National Residential Landlords Association; PropertyMark; Crisis

To discuss housing quality in the private and social rented sector

Met Simon Morris

to discuss mental health and crisis support

Met Cranfield Aerospace Solutions

Meeting to discuss new government-industry engagement forum Jet Zero Taskforce; progress on hydrogen aircraft projects and achieving zero emission flights and how to unlock investment in technology.

Met Departmental Trade Unions

Introductory meeting with departmental trade unions to discuss to priorities and engagement and ways of working