Ministers' Meetings

Met Centre for Social Justice, Citizen's Advice, Feeding Britain, Independent Food Aid Network, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Step Change, Trussell Trust, Turn 2 Us, Monday Advice Trust: National Debtline, The Bread and Butter Thing, The Food Foundation

Meeting with key food poverty stakeholders to discuss their priorities for change as well as to hear their reflections on how the Government should go about reducing food poverty

Met BBC (Chris Mason, Zoe Kleinman)

Meeting to discuss SoS' priorities for the Department.

Met Information Commissioner

Introductory meeting to discuss priorities for the government and ICO.

Met Astrid Schomaker

To discuss international biodiversity policy and the approaching 16th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity

Met Trades Union Congress, Confederation of British Industry, Association of British Insurers, Federation of Small Businesses, Age UK, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

To hear their initial views and discuss the Pensions Review

Met Scottish Widows, Aviva, Royal London, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, Association of British Insurers, Phoenix Group, M&G Investments, The Peoples Partnership, Mercer, Smart Pension, Cushon, Willis Towers Watson

To hear their initial views and discuss the Pensions Review

Met � CliniQ � Metro � Terence Higgins Trust � Stonewall � TransActual � Gendered Intelligence � LGBT Foundation � The Proud Trust � LGBT Consortium � The Kite Trust � The Gender Identity Research and Education Society � British Association of Gender Identity Specialists � LGBT Hero � Spectra � Trans Learning Partnership � NHS Confederation � Ozanne Foundation

To discuss LGBT+ policy issues

Met Chair, AfC Staff Council

To discuss industrial relations

Met Parliamentary Advisory Council For Transport Safety

Stakeholder drop-in session to discuss road safety.

Met UNISON, GMB Union

To discuss the workforce training funding announcement.

Met Age UK

To discuss the workforce training funding announcement.

Met Care England, National Care Forum, Home Care Association, National Care Association

To discuss the workforce training funding announcement.

Met Lord Maude

To discuss Lord Maude's findings on his Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service

Met Home Builders Federation; Federation of Master Builders; British Property Federation; Barratt; Persimmon; Taylor Wimpey; Vistry; Bellway; Redrow; Bloor; Miller Homes; Keepmoat; Berkeley; Crest Nicholson; Grainger; Legal and General; Quintain; Urban & Civic; Landsec; British Land; Homes England

Roundtable to discuss planning reform

Met Mayor of West Yorkshire

To discuss planning reform

Met UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation

To discuss the upcoming Holocaust Memorial Bill

Met West Midlands Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met Adair Turner

To discussed shared priorities such as the North Sea transition

Met Climate Change Committee

To discuss shared priorities and the UK's international climate leadership

Met Federation of Small Businesses, British Chambers of Commerce, Trade Unions Congress, Scope, Disability Rights UK, Mind, MS Society, CIPD, Alison McGovern MP

To discuss the plan to Make Work Pay and statutory sick pay

Met Matthew Staniek

Introductory meeting to discuss water sector and longer term reforms

Met BP

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

Met Scottish Power

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including ramping up renewables and grid connections

Met Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, North West Ambulance Service, Mayor of Liverpool, The Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (plus Patrick Hurley MP)

Meeting during visit to discuss the experiences of the first responders to the Southport incident, risk of further disorder and community reaction.

Met Nuclear Non-Governmental Organisation Forum

To discuss development of nuclear sites

Met EDF

To discuss Hinkley Point C construction progress

Met Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

To discuss nuclear manufacturing

Met Google

To discuss issues affecting the UK tech sector such as: digital skills, tech diffusion and regulation.

Met Coal Authority

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

Met Bloor Homes

To discuss housebuilding and planning reform

Met Regen

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including ramping up renewables and grid connections

Met Encirc, Progressive Energy, EET Hydrogen, Viridor, Carbon Capture and Storage Association, Eni, Heidelberg Materials, Encyclis

Visit to meet stakeholders involved in the HyNet energy cluster

Met Institute for Government

Training session hosted by the Institute for Government for new ministers who are also new MPs

Met York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met North East Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform

Met Renewable UK

Introductory chat to discuss the Minister's priorities including ramping up renewables and grid connections

Met Urenco

To discuss nuclear fuels

Met Sizewell C

To discuss Sizewell C progress

Met Competition and Markets Authority

To discuss the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act, cost of living, Growth and Industrial Strategy and secondary ticketing

Met FloodRe�

Meeting to discuss Flooding insurance

Met Hydrogen Energy Association

Introductory stakeholder call to share vision for the new government and the role of hydrogen

Met Roundtable: Unite, GMB Union, Unison, TUC , Prospect, RMT

Discussed the Office for Clean Energy Jobs

Met Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Chief Superintendant, Metropolitan Police

To discuss the mass stabbing incident in Southport

Met Unite Union, GMB, Unison, Trade Union Congress, Prospect, RMT

To discuss the Office for Clean Energy Jobs, skills, and collaboration between Government and Trade Unions

Met Ovo

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

Met CAN-UK, Save the Children UK, CAFOD, E3G, Greenpeace, Christian Aid

Roundtable to discuss COP29 plans, the energy transition, UNFCCC negotiations and New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) priorities,

Met Mark Donne

To discuss decarbonisation of the music sector

Met NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hospitality Ulster NI Meat Exporters Association KPMG NI Electricity Networks Mineral Products Association NI ASDA Institute of Directors NI Food and Drink Association Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association Federation of Small Businesses Ulster Farmers Union Manufacturing NI NI Retail Consortium Dairy Council for NI Confederation of British Industry Logistics UK Road Haulage Association Retail NI Centre for Cross Border Studies Church Leaders’ Group Consumer Council for NI Cooperation Ireland Disability Action Equality Coalition Unison NI NI Council for Voluntary Action NI Human Rights Consortium Migrant Centre NI Queen’s University Belfast

Meeting with key Northern Ireland Civic Society and Business Community stakeholders regarding the Windsor Framework and UK-EU Reset.

Met Cardinal Nichols

Introductory meeting to discuss community cohesion

Met East Midlands Combined Authority

To discuss planning reform