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 Construction Products Association and Construction Leadership Council

To discuss construction products regime.

Met Apple Inc

Audio call to discuss Apple's activities in the UK

Met Welsh Children's Commissioner

Introduction Meeting

Met Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council

To discuss support for Grenfell community groups, bereaved and survivors and residents.

Met Salix, Ofgem

Meeting to discuss Warm Homes Plan delivery and consumer protection

Met Virgin Media

To discuss Investment into the UK

Met Lord Lansley, Robert Pocknell - CEO, N&M Consulting & Ana-Mariya Madzhurova - Fair Standards Alliance

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill discussion.

Met Independent Monitoring Board

Discussed work of Independent Monitoring Board in prisons across UK in Q1 of 2025

Met British Gas, British Gas Energy Trust, Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough, Citizens Advice Essex, Citizens Advice Sunderland, Riverside Advice, Scope, The Zinthiya Trust

Roundtable with frontline consumer support organisations to discuss alleviating fuel poverty in England

Met Children's Rights Alliance for England

To discuss Children's Rights Alliance for England's priorities around children's rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Met British Gas Energy Trust

Introductory meeting to discuss British Gas Energy Trust's support for frontline consumer support organisations

Met Kate Dearden MP, six members of the public

Meeting with people impacted by the collapse of law firm SSB Law

Met International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Introductory meeting to discuss the purpose and membership of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), innovation in solar energy, and collaboration with ISA

Met Centrica

To discuss carbon storage, North Sea licences, and changes in the energy market

Met APPG on Suicide and Self-Harm, Prevention, UK Sobs, Future Young Minds, The Listening Place, Mental Health Matters, Grassroots, Men's Minds Matter, Evelyn's Butterfly Effect, If U Care Share, Somewhere House, Children and Young, People’s Mental Health Coalition, Money and Mental Health, Body and Soul, National Bereavement Alliance, Missing People, Gambling with Lives, CALM, Policy Connect, Child Bereavement UK, WIPUK, Young Minds

To discuss the government's strategy on suicide prevention

Met Imperial College London and North West London ICB

To discuss the architecture of the NHS

Met Rahima Mahmut

To discuss the government's ongoing China audit

Met Safe Sick Pay Campaign - Centre for Progressive Change, Resolution Foundation, WPI Economics, Work Foundation, UNISON

Discussion on the reform of Statutory Sick Pay.

Met PharosAI, Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London, King�s College London

To discuss AI in healthcare

Met UN Emergency Relief Coordinator

Meeting to discuss the multiple humanitarian crises around the globe (Sudan, DRC, Gaza, Ukraine) specifically those Tom has visited and has a first hand perspective of.

Met ONE

To demonstrate the UK’s commitment to modern mutual partnerships, rooting this in the context of Nelson Mandela’s leadership

Met John Kingman, Shriti Vadera, Greg Clark

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

Met Heather Stewart, The Guardian

Routine media engagement to discuss HMG's growth priorities

Met Mati Staniszewki, Eleven Labs; Victor Riparbelli, Synthesisa

Meeting to discuss the UK's AI landscape, including a focus on AI skills and the AI business environment

Met Meredith Whittaker, Signal

Introductory meeting

Met Dr Fei-Fei Li, academic at Stanford University

To discuss the AI Summit and the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan

Met PIMCO

Meeting to discuss Financial Services and economic growth opportunities

Met HSBC

Meeting to discuss Financial Services and economic growth opportunities

Met Trafigura

Introductory meeting to discuss Trafigura's growing UK footprint and green investments in both aviation and maritime.

Met CIOT, ICAEW, ICAS, ATT, IFS, CBI, LITRG, ACCA

To discuss stakeholder priorities for tax administration and simplification.

Met Professor Richard Drayton

To discuss Caribbean future partnerships

Met Campaign for Better Transport, Ben Plowden

Introductory meeting with CEO for Campaign for Better Transport, to discuss engagement for Better Transport Week 2025 and opportunities for DfT/CBT collaboration in the future

Met ABPI, UK Bioindustry Association, Astra Zeneca, Roche, Association of Medical Research Charities, Cancer Research UK, Shelford Group, NHS Providers, DHSC, NHSE, HRA, MHRA, Scottish Governement, Welsh Governement, Northern Ireland Governement

To discuss how To make the UK a global leader in clinical research and life sciences

Met Imperial College London

To discuss data and technology for the 10 Year Health Plan

Met David Forbes Nixon Charitable Foundation

To discuss updates about the Disability Employment Charter and to provide updates on the draft Equality Bill and Disability Confident.

Met Jacob Collier MP and constituents

To discuss long COVID

Met Botanic Gardens Conservation International

To discuss the work of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, in particular their global biodiversity standard

Met British Glass, Confederation of Paper Industries

Discussion on implementing Extended Producer Responsibility and ways to improve circularity within industries

Met UKSpace, ADS, TechUK, Director Space Partnership, UKSA, BAE, Lockheed Martin Space, Astroscale, Global Affairs Viasat, AAC Clyde Space, SSTL, Thales Alenia Space, Saterlite Applications Catapult, Orbex Space, Euteslat, Spire Global, Space Academic Network, Northumbria University

To discuss priorities for the space sector and identify common blockers for growth and investment

Met Biffa, British Plastics Federation, Philip Tyler Polymers, Environmental Services Association, Suez UK, Veolia, Recoup, European Metal Recycling, Mura Technology, Viridor, University of Birmingham, Plastics Europe, Waste and Resources Action Programme

A roundtable with key representatives of the plastics sector to examine growth potential in the UK plastics recycling sector

Met Sainsburys

Discussion on how Sainsburys is working to improve its circularity, in particular food waste and questions about packaging reforms

Met Greater London Authority, Lambeth Council, Hackney Council

Roundtable to discuss developing the Child Poverty Strategy

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 Policy in Practice

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

Met NESTA

To discuss the 10 Year Health Plan

Met Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Africa

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 Nature Conservation NGOs

Roundtable on the Africa Approach with nature conservation NGOs