Ministers' Meetings

Met Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Industry roundtable: Ofgem, Energy Networks Association (ENA), ChargeUK, Independent Networks Association (INA), UK Power Networks (UKPN), National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), Northern PowerGrid, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN), Electricity North West, Ubitricity, Zest UK, Motor Fuel Group, InstaVolt

To discuss government support for improved connections for Electrical Vehicle (EV) charging

Met Susan Jebb (Food Standards Agency)

Discussions on SPS preparation and engagement, as well as data sharing, as well as biosecurity and borders

Met Association of Convenience Stores

To discuss retail, sector resilience, business rates, retail crime and the Employment Rights Bill

Met Animal Health & Welfare Board for England

Meeting to update the Minister on the bioindustrial cluster launch with key aspects being biofuels, food, pharmaceuticals which multiple government departments are involved in. Discussions also aroudn key issues like sheep dip and how manufacturers are exploring safer production methods for long-term risk reduction as well as the animal health and welfare pathway being successful and cost effective.

Met Principal Clerk and Moderator of the Church of Scotland

To discuss Christianity in Scotland

Met BBC (Sima Kotecha)

Interview on Female Offenders

Met Local Government Association, Welsh Local Government Association, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

To discuss asylum policy

Met Internet Watch Foundation NSPCC roundtable

To discuss child protection in encrypted environments

Met South West Local Nature Partnership meeting

Baroness Hayman briefly attended South West Nature Partnerships regualr online meeting to discuss nature policy and the government's work in this area, including landscape recovery schemes.

Met National Children's Bureau

Meeting to discuss Best Start in Life strategy delivery

Met Plymouth City Council

To discuss Plymouth's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

To discuss Blackburn's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met National Governance Association

Meeting to discuss the work of governance volunteers

Met Natural England

Discussions surrounded Natural England's strategy and how focus was shifting to anture recovery rather than just nature protection, nature for health and wellbeing and national security.

Met Stoke-on-Trent City Council

To discuss Stoke-on-Trent's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met Sainsbury's

To discuss the UK's business environment

Met Clarion Housing Group, Kent County Council, Vistry, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

To discuss the work of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation with Housing Providers

Met Internet Matters

To discuss online safety

Met Addleshaw Goddard, A&O Shearman, Atkin Chambers, DAC Beachcroft, Gatehouse Chambers, Herbert Smith Freehills, Mishcon de Reya, Norton Rose Fulbright, The Law Society, Travers Smith

To meet with key stakeholders and GREAT legal services campaign post-International Bar Association Toronto trip to gather insights and feedback on the success of the visit.

Met Rolls Royce

To discuss the aerospace sector exports.

Met Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects

To discuss potential collaboration between UKEF and the airline.

Met Hilary Cottam

Discussions around Uplands communities and Defra's enagement. Discussions on strategic considerations such as: community led approaches, shared goals, the challeneges of depending on tourism

Met ExxonMobil

To discuss the Exxon Mobil plant at Mossmorran

Met The Elders

To discuss COP priorities

Met Children and Young People's Mental Health coalition

to discuss children's mental health

Met Perplexity

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met European roundtable: GSK, Vodafone, AB Volvo, Air Liquide, Airbus, ArcelorMittal, ASML, AstraZeneca, BASF SE, BMW, Borealis AG, Capgemini, CIR, dsm-firmenich, E.ON, ENGIE SA, Eni, Ericsson, Heineken, Iberdrola, Inditext, Investor AB, L'Oreal, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Michelin, MOL, Norsk Hydro, NXP Semiconductors NV, Orange, Roche, Royal Philips, Saint-Gobain, Schneider Electric, Shell plc, Siemens, Smurfit Westrockm, Sonae, Syensqo, Techint Group of Companies, Telefonica, Thyssenkrupp, TITAN SA, TotalEnergies, Umicore, UPM, Veolia, Wolters Kluwer

A fireside chat to discuss international trade and collaboration with the EU

Met BCC, CB, FSB, MakeUK; ScaleUp Institute, Startup Coalition, Enterprise Nation

To discuss skills around the industrial strategy

Met Medicines UK

To discuss medicines and biosimilars

Met AbbVie

To discuss life sciences, innovation and the UK commercial environment

Met Meeting with biotechnology, pharmaceutical companies and academic research partners

Discussion on Transatlantic biotech

Met Independent Schools Inspectorate

Introductory meeting to discuss independent school inspections

Met INEOS

To discuss the INEOS plant in Grangemouth

Met UWE Bristol; Leeds Beckett University; Northumbria University; Keele University

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met Movember; Men's Health Forum; Global Action on Men's Health; UK Men's Sheds Association; Local Government Association; People's Health Trust; Blue Ribbon; Fatherhood Institute; Association of Directors of Public Health; Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys; Samaritans

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met Toyota

To discuss the UK's automotive environment

Met RMT

To discuss the response to the train attack at Huntingdon and other matters of importance to RMT members including the Railways Bill.

Met Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Association of Directors of Adult Social Care, The Health Foundation , Local Government Association, Nuffield Trust, The King’s Fund, National Voices, NHS Providers, NHS Confederation

To discuss the NHS Reform Bill

Met Sean Redmond

To discuss the Chip Start Programme

Met UBS

To discuss financial services, tax, talent, and digital assets.

Met Campaigners interested in the issue of smartphones in schools

Roundtable discussion on smartphones in schools

Met SpecialEffect

Meeting at a Reception hosted by Playstation

Met Coca Cola

To discuss the UK's business environment

Met Women's Budget Group

Meeting to discuss how the work of the Women's Budget Group can support the work of the Department

Met British Association of Supported Employment

Event delivering a speech at the Disability Confidence in Action British Association of Supported Employment Business Summit to promote the work the Department is doing in this area to businesses engaging with Inclusive Recruitment practices.

Met Brighton & Hove City Council

To discuss Brighton's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met Morgan Stanley

Meeting to discuss international investment and financial services

Met Beverley Craig OBE, Leader of Manchester Council

To discuss local government funding, and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Children's Social Care (CSC)

Met Domestic Advisory Group Executive Council

Spoke at a meeting of the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly to set out the progress that has been made following May’s UK/EU summit and shape the Assembly’s thinking on issues that are important to the UK Government.

Met Nscale

To discuss NScale's UK investments