Ministers' Meetings

Met London Tea Exchange

Business visit to discuss challenges and opportunities for small businesses trading domestically and overseas.

Met The Inland Waterways Association

Introductory meeting to discuss water sector and longer term reforms

Met Clear Water Alliance

Introductory meeting to discuss water sector and longer term reforms

Met Local Government Association Advisory Board

To discuss priorities for the local government sector

Met Lancashire County Council

Introductory meeting to dicsuss Lancashire County Council's priorties

Met Local Government Association

To discuss priorities for the local government sector

Met British Steel

To discuss the steel industry in the UK and business operations.

Met Unite Union

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including the Just Transition

Met GMB Union

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including the Just Transition

Met Offshore Energies UK

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including the Just Transition

Met Ofcom

Introductory meeting to discuss priorities for the government across tech and online safety, as well as implementation of the OSA.

Met Berkeley Group

To discuss housing supply

Met British Steel

Discussed British Steel's operations in the UK

Met Citizens Advice

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including energy affordability and consumer protection

Met Centrica

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including the energy retail sector

Met Octopus Energy

Discussion as part of site visit about customer support, innovation in the retail market, and clean heating

Met Local Government Association

To discuss issues facing local government and plans for ongoing engagement.

Met Nature Friendly Farming Network

Introductory meeting with Chair Martin Lines to discuss nature friendly and regenerative farming

Met CBI

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including net zero strategy

Met Greater London Authority

To discuss devolution

Met GMB Union

Follow up on introductory call to discuss the Office for Clean Energy Jobs and the Just Transition

Met EDF Renewables, SSE Renewables, Scottish Power Renewables, Renewable Energy Systems Ltd, RWE, Vattenfall, Nadara, BayWa r.e, Renewable UK, Scottish Renewables, Nordex, Hitachi Energy, Prospect

To discuss the creation of the Onshore Wind Taskforce and its priorities

Met Green Alliance

Introductory chat the Minister's priorities and the importance of tackling methane emissions

Met BT Group

An introductory meeting with the CEO of BT Group to discuss digital infrastructure in UK

Met BT

Introductory discussion covering telecoms landscape

Met Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance

To discuss Post Office GLO redress schemes

Met Aldersgate Group

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities and the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) progress report

Met Creative Industries Council

Introductory meeting with Chair of CIC (Sir Peter Bazalgette) to discuss opportunities and challenges facing the creatives industries, and the role of the council in delivering the Ministers' priorities

Met The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)

Brief introductory call with Chief Executive, Mike Hawes and Director of Policy, Konstanze Scharring to discuss the SMMT's priorities including the ZEV Mandate, the implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act, and the future of vehicle standards regulation in the UK.

Met AA

Brief introductory call with President, Edmund King OBE to discuss the AA's priorities including roads maintenance, road safety, driving test wait times and automated vehicles.

Met RAC

Brief introductory call with Head of External Affairs, Simon Williams to discuss the RAC's priorities including local roads, road safety, headlight glare and roads maintenance.

Met Road Haulage Association

Brief introductory call with Managing Director, Richard Smith to discuss the RHA's priorities including planning and infrastructure, driver welfare, tackling freight crime and skills shortages in the sector, and the road to net zero.

Met Alex Soros

Meeting to discuss geopolitics

Met Professor Sir Simon Wessely

To discuss the introduction of the Mental Health Bill

Met Skills for Care

Introductory meeting to discuss adult social care workforce.

Met Mencap

To discuss the Mental Health Bill

Met Dr Sanjoy Kumar

To discuss the introduction of the Mental Health Bill

Met Child Poverty Action Group, Children's Society, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Trade Unions Congress, Child Poverty Action Group, Action for Children, Save the Children, Gingerbread, UNICEF, Barnado's, National Children's Bureau, Centre for Young Lives

Child Poverty Roundtable to hear from stakeholders on: What they see as the main drivers of child poverty and Suggestions for Improving the situation under the new government

Met Aviva

To discuss the Government’s Investment and Growth agenda, the National Wealth Fund Taskforce, Transition Plan Taskforce and Women in Finance.

Met Multiple Sclerosis Society, Barnet Inclusion, Mencap

To establish constructive relationsips with Disability Benefits Consortium and reinforce pledge to work with disabled people

Met Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London

Meeting with Disabled People's Forum of England to establish commitment to working with different groups representative of disabled people

Met Business Disability Forum, Scope, Sense, Royal National Institute of Blind People, National Autistic Society, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Leonard Cheshire, Mencap, Mind

To outline the government's commitment to the principle of working with disabled people

Met Royal College of Psychiatrists

To discuss the Mental Health Bill

Met Shelter

To discuss the importance of Shelter's work and reaffirming the pledge to support the principle of working with disabled people

Met Logistics UK

Brief introductory call with Chief Executive, David Wells to discuss Logistics UK's priorities including cross-modal decarbonisation of the sector and resilience at borders.

Met His Majesty Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

To brief the Home Secretary on current issues around Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Met Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing & Crime

To discuss violence against women and girls and the use of strip search by police

Met Legal & General

Meeting to set out the government's priorities and to hear from Legal & General on financial services and pensions sector issues.

Met Santander

Meeting to set out the government's priorities and to hear from Santander on priorities for the financial services sector and its competitiveness.

Met HSBC

Meeting to set out the government's priorities and to hear from HSBC on priorities for the financial services sector and its competitiveness.