Ministers' Meetings

Met Hydrogen Energy Association

To discuss the Great British Energy Bill and the definition of clean energy in the bill

Met SIBA & Samrooks Brewery

To discuss the regulation on sales of draught beers

Met Wildlife and Countryside Link

To discuss the Great British Energy Bill and nature protection

Met WPP

To introduce WPP to DBT and to understand WPP's business landscape and growth ambitions.

Met Public Prosecutions

Discussed Victims and Courts Bill

Met Nuclear Waste service

To discuss the process to site a geological disposal facility (GDF) and update on progress

Met Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

Regular catch up meeting and discussion around the working culture at Sellafield

Met Steel Council: Unite, Community, GMB, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Materials Processing Institute, British Metals Recycling Association, UK Steel, Tata Steel, Sheffield Forgemasters, Marcegaglia Stainless Steel, Liberty Steel, Celsa Steel, British Steel

To discuss the UK steel sector

Met Steel Council: Unite, Community, GMB, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Materials Processing Institute, British Metals Recycling Association, UK Steel, Tata Steel, Sheffield Forgemasters, Marcegaglia Stainless Steel, liberty Steel, Celsa Steel, British Steel

To discuss UK steel sector

Met Saudi British Joint Business Council

To discuss investment links between the UK and Saudi Arabia

Met Urban Transport Group

To discuss the English Devolution White Paper

Met New Local; LSE; Future Governance Foundation; Labour Together; Inflect; Northern Powerhouse Partnership; Centre for Cities; Metro Dynamics; Bristol University; Institute of Local Government Studies; Fabians; Institute for Government; Institute for Government; Southampton; Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown; Reform (Thinktank) IPPR; MetroDynamics

To discuss the English Devolution White Paper

Met UK Finance

Introductory meeting on public-private partnerships in tackling economic crime with finance industry body, UK Finance.

Met Quakers in Britain

To discuss shared objectives with the Quakers in Britain regarding social cohesion and interfaith.

Met Nuclear Institute

To better understand the Nuclear Institute's role in supporting the development of the nuclear workforce though its mentorship scheme

Met Power for the People

To discuss the Great British Energy Bill and community energy

Met Novo Nordisk Foundation

To discuss joint priorities and collaboration between the UK and Novo Nordisk

Met Chair of Sentencing Review

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met White Ribbon UK and National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) Independent Challenge and Support Panel for Culture and Inclusion

Discussion on Violence Against Women and Girls work in the Fire and Rescue Service

Met Carbon Capture & Storage Association

To discuss the Great British Energy (GBE) Bill and the inclusion of carbon capture utilisation and storage under the definition of clean energy

Met Hydrogen UK

To discuss the Great British Energy (GBE) Bill and the inclusion of hydrogen and carbon capture utilisation and storage under the definition of clean energy

Met Anthony Lear

To discuss the importance of solar power in reaching our schedule for clean power 2030

Met Chris Mason, Political Editor, BBC News

To discuss parlimentary business and the work of the modernisation committee

Met Police Spies Out of Lives (PSOOL)

Discussion around PSOOL's concerns with the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Act 2021.

Met National Emergencies Trust

To discuss National Emergencies Trust could help with Governments resilience plans.

Met Professor Michael Henson

To discuss local growth and regional inequality in the East/West Midlands Combined Authority.

Met Urenco

To discuss the findings from Urenco�s recent report and the benefits of nuclear power

Met Royal National Institute for Deaf People

To discuss the emerging potential for Artifical Intelligence to be used for BSL translation, as well as wider British Sign Language and Assistive Technology issues

Met Mastercard, Pollinate International

To discuss Mastercard's operations in the UK, its partnership with Pollinate and the importance of public/private partnerships in delivering economic growth

Met Roundtable with attendance practitioners

To discuss what good attendance practice looks like at school level, how schools and responsible bodies could work to improve attendance rates and how government can support this

Met Howard League

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Law Society

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Revolving Doors

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Prison Reform Trust

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Crawley Borough Council

Meeting to discuss Chagossians in the Crawley area.

Met Spies out of Lives

Their Experiences with CHIS - Covert Human Intelligence Sources

Met Centre for Women's Justice

DAPO's - Domestic Abuse Protective Orders, Criminalisation of Domestic Abuse Offences & Prostitution Laws

Met Roundtable with higher education institutions and children's social care organisations

To discuss improving access and participation in higher education for care leavers and care experienced students

Met Magistrates Association

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Public Prosecutions and head of Crown Prosecution Service

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Chair Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board

Engagement discussion regarding Sentencing Review

Met Families of the Forbury Gardens Attack

To discuss the lessons learned from Forbury Gardens Attack

Met Phoenix Court

To discuss scale up capital

Met Michael Bloomberg

Audio call conveying best wishes and updating on the US context

Met Westmoreland and Furness Council

To discuss a devolution deal for Cumbria

Met Lloyds Banking

To discuss the UK investment environment

Met Cumberland Council

To discuss a devolution deal for Cumbria

Met ICAEW, MakeUK, TheCityUK, Confederation of British Industry, Institute of Directors, Institute for Exports and International Trade, Energy UK, Association of British Insurers, Syngenta, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry, Northern Ireland Food, UK Hospitality, Trade Union Congress, Food and Drink Federation, Food and Drink Wales, Spirit AeroSystems, REC, Build UK, Co-operative Group, British Chambers of Commerce, SMMT

To discuss the industrial strategy

Met Chair of National Fire Chiefs Council, Chief Fire Officer of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Deputy Chief Fire Officer of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Discussion on misconduct in the Fire and Rescue Service

Met Exlon, Ofgem

To discuss the Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement programme