Ministers' Meetings

Met Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council

To discuss housing, temporary accommodation and devolution

Met Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP and her constituents, Debbie Clack and Donna Barnham

To discuss motoring offences

Met Stoke-on-Trent City Council; Staffordshire Chambers

To discuss regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent

Met Jo Field

To discuss the Government's rail priorities and how Jo Field can help in her role as President of Women in Transport as well as in her role as a consultant.

Met Alliance for IP

Roundtable discussion on AI/Copyright

Met Mozilla

Discussion on AI oportunities and open source AI.

Met Save The Children

To discuss the role of Save the Children at COP29

Met Christian Youth

To discuss ambitions for COP29

Met Climate Action Network UK (CAN-UK), Christian Aid, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Greenpeace, Save the Children UK, WWF UK, Oxfam GB, Practical Action, CAFOD, CARE, Mercy Corps, CBM UK

Roundtable to discuss the UK's ambitions for COP29 and importance of UK climate leadership

Met UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC)

To discuss COP29 priorities and the role of UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC) at COP29

Met International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Shifting the Power Coalition Pacific Islands; Badabon Sangho

Event to discuss gender based violence and climate change

Met Leeds Beckett University

To discuss Higher Education at Leeds Beckett University

Met Airbus SE

During visit to discuss Airbus's operations in the UK and the European Aerospace sector

Met Sustainable Energy for All CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General; Climate Investment Funds.

Event to reaffirm the UK’s commitment and leadership across the modern cooking sector and announce UK ICF funding to accelerate the deployment of modern cooking solutions in developing countries.

Met Activist from Altamira Pará Brazil; Fundo Casa; ELAS+; Founder of the Green Girls Platform; Climate Watch Thailand

Event on locally-led and gender-responsive climate adaptation.

Met Ravi Menon (Chairman of GFANZ Asia-Pacific Advisory Board)

At COP29 - discussion on mandatory transition plans, transition finance, VCMs and blended finance for climate initiatives

Met President Jin Liquin (AIIB)

At COP29 - overview of the AIIB and UK-AIIB collaboration, discussion on NCQG and the role of MDBs on climate

Met Professor Martin Levermore

Discussion on the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Met Director of the National Audit Office

First meeting with the National Audit Office to discuss processes

Met Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Action Against Stalking, Alice Ruggles Trust, Hollie Gazzard Trust, Paladin

To Discuss Stalking Measures

Met International Hydropower Association

To discuss green energy and hydropower technology

Met United Nations Trade and Development

To discuss sustainable trade and development in multilateral fora

Met Zero Suicide Alliance, Harmless, Mental Health Innovations, Suicide Prevention Alliance, Papyrus, James� Place & NSPA, Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, YoungMinds If U Care Share, Mental Health Foundation, Samaritans, Autistica

to discuss suicide prevention

Met Hundred Families

to discuss the Mental Health Bill

Met World Trade Organisation

To discuss sustainable trade initiatives at the WTO

Met Gerald Chan

To discuss life sciences and MedTech

Met Rosalind Ranson

To discuss patient safety and whistleblowing policy

Met Hitachi

To discuss the UK business environment and investment opportunities

Met Lifesaver Power

To discuss international trade

Met Sense

Visit to Loughborough Sense College to meet with students and staff.

Met Member of the Fire Brigades Union and former MP

Discussion on Fire and rescue service reform

Met Richard Tyler The Times

Meeting to discuss ministerial role

Met Michael Stott, Latin America Editor, Financial Times

To discuss the Minister's new role as Minister for Latin America and Caribbean

Met Chief Rabbi, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, Liberal Judaism (UK), Bhaktivedanta Manor Hindu Temple, Evangelical Alliance, Faith in Leadership, the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha UK, Bishop of London, Islamic Religious Advisor to Defence Service Chiefs, Churches Together in England, Akeela Ahmed MBE

Interfaith breakfast to discuss how government can work with faith groups to foster greater community cohesion, tackle prejudice and hate crime and work effectively together

Met Bo Li (Deputy Managing Director, IMF

At COP29 - discussion on NCQG, climate, biodiversity and IMF macro surveillance

Met Trevor Phillips

Meeting ahead of their fireside chat on 2024-11-21 to discuss aims and format of their discussion.

Met Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Meeting to discuss international financial services relationships and capital markets reform

Met Starling Bank

Meeting to discuss growth, banking competition and consumer protection

Met Pension Insurance Corporation

Meeting to discuss the pensions landscape and UK investment

Met International Labour Organisation

To discuss the UK's pro-growth agenda, tech and investment environment.

Met Paris Peace Forum

To discuss the Paris Peace Forum

Met Green Climate Fund; Global Environment Facility; Climate Investment Funds; Adaptation Fund

To discuss global financial system reform

Met Energy Institute; Lead Commonwealth Secretariat Energy Transition Youth Action Group; Chief Sustainability Officer SSE (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc)

Roundtable to discuss equality, gender and inclusion into energy transition policy as critical part of the Net Zero roadmap.

Met Start Network; Alliance of Small Island States; Climate Change and Food Security; Social and Economic Development (NGO); UN Food and Agriculture Organisation; Global Relations; Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies

Panel to discuss disaster risk support and climate resilience

Met Politico/i – Dan Bloom (head of Politico London Playbook) and Hugo Gye (political editor)

Background discussion on XST's priorities

Met Roundtable with domestic and international children's social care charities

To hear views from experts in the international and domestic care sector with regards to the Foreign Secretary's campaign 'A Family for Every Child'

Met ASEAN; United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Panel to discuss positive and inclusive climate, nature and energy transitions via two new programmes

Met Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Introductory meeting with Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Met Which?

Meeting with Which? in relation to the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - Engagement Meeting

Met Barclays

To discuss best practice on customer services