Ministers' Meetings

Met Association of Drainage Authorities

Speech at ADA conference

Met Leeds City Council

To discuss social cohesion in Leeds

Met Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), Global Environment Fund, Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Roundtable to discuss Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) and challenges to access climate finance

Met Norfolk County Council, Suffolk County Council

To discuss devolution

Met Equinor

To discuss Equinor's activities at COP29 and international energy transitions

Met Road Safety Campaigner Crystal Owen, and her MP, Julia Buckley

To discuss the safety of young and novice drivers

Met PayPal

Meeting to discuss the Government's support for the payments and fintech sectors

Met Quell Therapeutics; UK Bioindustry Associations; British Business Bank.

Meeting during Ministerial visit to discuss access to finance, particularly in the Life Sciences sector.

Met London Stock Exchange Group

To discuss the investment environment and capital markets

Met Techshare Pro

Minister delivered a short speech and raised awareness of digital accessibility to big business

Met SME Digital Adoption Taskforce - Third Meeting - Attendees -IQE PLC; Be the Business; McKinsey; Xero; TechUK; Enterprise Nation; Federation of Small Businesses; Sage; British Chambers of Commerce; Lloyds Banking Group

Meeting to discuss insights from key industry players on digital adoption

Met Chinuch UK

To discuss Charedi schools

Met EU Commissioner

To discuss UK and EU International Development

Met Children's Food Campain

To meet parents and children’s networks to understand their views on school food

Met Confederation of School Trusts

To discuss the School based nursery programme

Met Karma Nirvana

To discuss Honour Based Abuse

Met Sopra Steria; Places for People; Microsoft UK; BT; Business Services Association; Federation of Small Businesses; Enterprise Nation; Trowers & Hamlin; Informed Solutions; Crown Representative for SMEs; TechUK; Manchester University Institute of Innovation Research; Public.io; Tussell

Meeting with a range of stakeholders to discuss intentions and hear feedback for the National Procurement Policy Statement

Met Action for Race Equality

Meeting to discuss concerns over eVisas, and the Home Office work on the Windrush Unit and Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Met Sam Blewett (London Playbook) and Arj Singh (The I)

To discuss ministerial role

Met Roundtable: DTEK; Ukrnafta; Pacific Green; Baker Hughes; CMT Power; Innovo Group; KBR

Roundtable to discuss support for Ukraine's energy sector

Met Chief Constable Greater Manchester Police, Chief Constable Merseyside Police, Chief Constable West Midlands Police and Chief Constable West Yorkshire Police

To discuss Police Reform in line with government manifesto

Met Send My Friend To School coalition

To discuss campaign on education in emergencies and climate crises

Met Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society

Discussed a review of Family Test and progress on child poverty strategy.

Met UKHospitality

To listen to stakeholder feedback on DWP related measures announced in the Budget

Met Dr Shriti Pattani

Meeting to discuss universal access for the national occupational health service.

Met Changing Realities Meeting

Meeting to hear directly from people with experiences of in-work poverty and of employment support about what like it like and what needs to change and why, discuss key issues about in-work poverty and establish an effective working relationship.

Met Sciences Po

To understand French political context

Met Physicians for Human Rights; Médecins Sans Frontières; Swiss Confederation; Save the Children

To convene UNSC states and NGOs in support of tackling conflict related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Met Bloody Good Employers; AXA Health; Fawcett Society

To discuss women's health and give closing remarks for the launch of AXA's Call to Action

Met Kitty Donaldson (The i)

Off-record introductory meeting

Met Mind, Rethink, Centre for Mental, Royal College of Psychiatrists,� �NHS Confederation Mental Health Network, Mental Health Foundation, Mencap, Learning Disability England, National Autistic Society, His Majesty�s Inspectorate of Prison, The Howard League for Penal Reform, The Prison Reform Trust, The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, Director for Mental Health?for CQC, Advancing Mental Health Equalities Taskforce, Local Government Association, ADASS, Young Minds, NHS Providers

To discuss the Mental Health Bill�

Met Maternal Mental Health Alliance

To discuss maternal mental health

Met World Bank

During COP29 to discuss the World Bank's Climate Investment Fund and financing green transition

Met Ceramics UK

To discuss the UK business environment

Met Rio Tinto

To discuss the UK business environment and investment opportunities

Met World Bank, Climate Investment Fund, African Development Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction & Development

COP29 Roundtable launch of the CIF Capital Market Mechanism for climate, nature and clean energy investments in developing countries

Met Biogen

to discuss life sciences and mental health

Met Maternal Mental Health Alliance

to discuss maternal mental health

Met Mind, Rethink, Centre for Mental, Royal College of Psychiatrists, NHS Confederation Mental Health Network, Mental Health Foundation, Mencap, Learning Disability England, National Autistic Society, His Majesty�s Inspectorate of Prison, The Howard League for Penal Reform, The Prison Reform Trust, The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, Director for Mental Health?for CQC, Advancing Mental Health Equalities Taskforce, Local Government Association, ADASS, Young Minds, NHS Providers

to discuss the Mental Health Bill

Met Creative UK

To discuss investment into the UK's creative sector

Met Eni

To discuss investment into renewable energy technology

Met Microsoft and Hedosophia

To discuss the UK's tech ecosystem

Met IBM

To discuss IBM's business plans and UK investment opportunities

Met Inclusion London, Disability Rights UK, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People's Panel

Discussed Get Britain Working White Paper and the consultations that follow specifically the length of Government consultations and the need to be flexible to ensure that disabled people can contribute.

Met Global Counsel

Meeting to discuss growth and competitiveness of the financial services sector

Met Roula Khalaf, Editor, Financial Times

Regular engagement with Media Representatives to discuss the UK economy.

Met President of Global Affairs, Meta

To discuss the impact of technology on national security

Met International Monetary Fund

During COP29 to discuss green investment in the UK and private sector investment to developing countries for mitigation and adaptation to climate change

Met Nisa-Nashim, Jewish Muslim Women's Network

To discuss interfaith work and the intersection of faith and gender

Met Iain Coucher - Ofwat

To discuss Ofwat's 2024 price review