Ministers' Meetings

Met US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Meeting as part of the Minister's attendance at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Policy Ministerial Meeting to discuss product safety, online marketplaces and E-bikes and lithium-ion batteries

Met Nick Winser, Kate Haycock, Ofgem

Meeting of GEMA (Ofgem Board) to discuss shared priorities including energy affordability, warm homes and consumer protection

Met Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill

Met Mayor of West Yorkshire

Discussion on the National Policing Air Service with the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor

Met GMB Union, Trade Union Congress, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, UNISON, Unite, The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Communication Workers Union, British Chambers of Commerce, Chartered Institutue of Personnel and Development, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses, Institute of Directors, Make UK, Recruitment and Employment Federation

To discuss the latest updates on Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Bill

Met Communication Workers Union

To discuss Royal Mail

Met Director of Transform Justice

First meeting to discuss transformation in the Justice department

Met Metropolitan Police Commander

First meeting to discuss firearms licensing

Met Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

To discuss lessons that can be learned in the delivery of New Towns

Met Birmingham university

To discuss clean energy research programme and developing new solar energy

Met Advanced Forming Research Centre University of Strathclyde Glasgow and Forge Solutions Sheffield

To discuss the proposal to deliver a National Manufacturing Centre of Excellence for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Met Independent Care Group

To discuss adult social care.

Met Maritime London, Lloyds of London, London & International Insurance Brokers Association, The Llyod's Market Association, International Underwriters Association, The International Group of P&I Clubs, Atrium, Northstandard, Lancashire Group, Marsh Specialty, Joint Marine Claims Committee, WTW

Roundtable meeting with UK marine insurance sector leaders to discuss regulatory framework, cleaner maritime, technology, sanctions and growth and green energy

Met Ada Lovelace Institute; Economic and Social Research Council; Admin Data Research Scotland; Neath Port Talbot Council; NHS England; Icebreaker One; Bennett Institute; Faculty AI; Lloyds Banking Group; BBC

To discuss the National Data Library.

Met CityFibre

Introductory meeting with Greg Mesch and discussion on Live telecoms issues

Met Renaissance Philanthropy

To discuss data and life sciences.

Met ARIA, National Robotarium, Shadow Robot, Robotics Growth Partnership, Ocado Technology, Google DeepMind, Oxa, Oxford Robotics Institute, CMR Surgical

Roundtable to collate evidence to support HMG understanding of the current frontier of robotics and AI convergence, potential future impacts, and opportunities and challenges for the UK.

Met John Pring, Disability News Service

For the Minister to introduce himself as the Minister for Social Security and Disability and discuss the departments recent announcement to put transparency at the heart of the DWP after publishing 31 reports.

Met Carers UK

Parliamentary drop-in to meet with unpaid carers to hear about their personal experiences of caring and the challenges they are facing.

Met Disability Access Ambassadors

To meet with Government's Disability Access Ambassadors for the first time and to discuss the latest from each Ambassador's sector

Met Jason Aldiss, Katie Doherty, Ivan Bartolo, Nick Allen, Balwinder Dhoot, Rod Addy, Richard Griffiths, Michael Bellingham

Animal Products Border Target Operating Model roudtable on manual certification and paperwork sloution (veterinary services) - electronic solutions available to streamline processes, cut costs, and make processes with border operations simpler. The Minister noted the need to prioritise biosecurity whilst ensuring border operations work for industry.

Met Francis Maude

To discuss the digital centre, IT legacy systems and procurement.

Met Federation of Small Businesses

Discussing economic growth in the lead up to the budget

Met Bolt

Meeting to discuss capital market competitiveness and Government reforms

Met Transport for Greater Manchester Women in Bus and Coach

To make a speech at the Women in Bus and Coach Conference and Manchester Conference to speak about bus franchising

Met MakeUK

To discuss skills and apprenticeships, CBAM and the Industrial Strategy

Met Doughty Street Chambers

To discuss a consular case

Met Dame Carol Black

To discuss drugs policy.

Met Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board

To discuss local government's contribution to public health.

Met Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDBG)

To discuss global financial system reform especially with regards to greater private capital mobilisation.

Met IEG; former UN Under-Secretary General; LBBW bank; Inter-American Development Bank ; Silvia Pavoni Editor in Chief of The Banker, Financial Times.

Roundtable to discuss international finance particularly in the context of responding to natural disasters and climate change.

Met Center for Global Development; United Nations University

Roundtable to discuss international financial architecture and reform

Met iCS; NinetyOne; Green Climate Fund; ONE Campaign Continental Europe; UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA); British International Investment; African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET); COMESA Business Council; International Indigenous Women´s Forum

Lunch to discuss Fourth International Financing for Development (FFD) and global financial system reform

Met Attracta Mooney, Climate Correspondent, Financial Times (UK); Stanley Widianto, Indonesia Correspondent, Reuters

Media interviews on trip to Indonesia

Met Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Jakarta Post; United Nations Development Programme; World Bank; SAP Ltd; Indigenous civil society advocate Chad

Panel on responsible AI for sustainable development

Met UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA); International Monetary Fund; Climate Vulnerable Forum; Gestos - HIV-Positiveness

Panel on international tax, unsustainable debt and the flows of private capital.

Met Trussell Trust

To discuss food poverty and the governments commitment to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels.

Met The Bishop of Norwich

To discuss the Government's priorities for the 16th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Met Suez UK, The Chartered Institute of Building, Speedy Services, Medtronic, Diageo, Thakeham Group, Balfour Beatty, Institue of Environmental Management and Assessment, British Chambers of Commerce, Greengage, Sodexo UK and Ireland, AtkinsR�alis, Yorkshire Water, Marks and Spencers, EDF Energy, Amey, Business in the Community, Green Finance Institute, Green Alliance, Broadway Initiative, OVO, Aldersgate Group, Adecco, Renewable Energy Association

To discuss the Government's priorities for the 16th Convention of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 29th Convention of the Parties of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Met Mayor of Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

To discuss reform, neighbourhood health and prevention

Met Royal College of Nursing

To discuss the nursing workforce

Met NHS Confederation

To discuss reform and neighbourhood health

Met Dan Labbad - Crown Estate

To discuss the progress of the Crown Estate Bill

Met Women's Health Ambassador

to discuss women's health

Met Bolt

Meeting to discuss capital market competitiveness and Government reforms

Met Standard Chartered

Meeting to discuss the Government's objectives on growth and investment in relation to the financial services sector

Met Royal College of Nursing

To discuss the nursing workforce

Met NOW group

This meeting took place as part of a wider visit to Belfast. The Minister visited the NOW Group head offices to learn about their approach to employment support for young people with learning difficulties and autism.

Met Both Parents Matter (formerly Families Need Fathers)

Introductory meeting with key stakeholder group advocating for paying parents

Met Zoological Society of London, WSP Global

To discuss the Government's priorities for the 16th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity.