Ministers' Meetings

Met Halo Trust

To discuss mining

Met National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations

Meeting with Minister Hardy, Minister Eagle and the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations discussing impact of fisheries from MPA management

Met JP Morgan

To discuss investment opportunities in London

Met Our Future Health UK

To discuss clinical trials

Met Federation of Small Businesses

Meeting to discuss business rates

Met Bereaved parent

to discuss mental health

Met UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC)

To discuss COP progress and priorities and youth perspectives on climate issues

Met Carers UK Reception

Networking event

Met Country Land and Business Association (Gavin Lane)

Meeting ahead of SoS speech at CLA conference

Met James MacCleary MP, Pregnancy Sickness Support, Emily Clarkson

to discuss hyperemesis gravidarum

Met Scale AI

To discuss Scale AI's UK investments

Met Blastr

To discuss Blastr's steel pelletisation plant investment proposition

Met EY

To discuss the GREAT campaign and the UK investment environment

Met Carer's UK, HSBC and others

To provide speaking remarks on paid carer’s leave and the Employment Rights Bill at Carer's UK's Carers Right Day Reception

Met Microsoft

Site visit to Microsoft's Acton data centre, and sitdown meeting to discuss Microsoft's broader UK data centre investments

Met McPike Global Family Office (MGFO), College Green Group

To discuss regulation and investment in the UK

Met Etihad

To discuss the aerospace sector.

Met Ethiopian Airlines

To discuss potential collaboration between UKEF and the airline.

Met Rolls Royce

To discuss the aerospace sector exports.

Met Turkish Airlines

To discuss the aerospace sector.

Met Sainsbury's

To discuss the UK's business environment

Met BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg Europe, Lloyd's of London, M&G, TheCityUK, EY, State Street, AXA, Coinbase, Mizuho International

A roundtable to discuss how the UK can better attract and retain investment in financial services

Met Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects

To discuss potential collaboration between UKEF and the airline.

Met Riyadh Air

To discuss the aerospace sector.

Met Emirates

To discuss the aerospace sector.

Met TVS Supply Chain Solutions

Discussion on supply chains

Met Prison Reform Trust

Meeting to discuss support for children impacted by parental imprisonment

Met The bereaved family of a toddler

Meeting to discuss their campaign for a child risk disclosure scheme to be introduced as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Met Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

Meeting to discuss care for children in complex situations

Met Uber

Meeting to discuss transport sector regulation framework

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 Susan Jebb (Food Standards Agency)

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

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 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 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 The Bishop of Sheffield

Discussion on the Orgreave Inquiry

Met AirportsUK

Attended AirportsUK board meeting to discuss key issues in the aviation industry

Met Dame Julia Cleverdon, National Lottery Community Fund, Tom Leftwich, National Lottery Community Fund, Nadine Smith, National Lottery Community Fund, Matt Hyde, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Dan Berelowitz, This Day, Tim Davies-Pugh, Power to Change, Dom Llewellyn, Impact Economy Collective, Asif Afridi, Barrow Cadbury Foundation, Emma de Closset, UK Community Foundations, Emily Bolton, Our Future, Gemma Peters, Macmillan, Toby Hyde, West Hertfordshire, Minal Bakhai, National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme, Phil Porter, Sefton Council, Chris Catteral, Capacity, Matt Smith, Key Fund, Spencer Hunt, NE Lincs, Dr Jo Leek, Liverpool City Region

Roundtable meeting to discuss place-based impact partnerships.

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 Representatives of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice UK

An introductory meeting with the group to discuss MCO's role in HMG's response to the Covid-19 Inquiry, and the upcoming Module 2 Report.

Met Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

A meeting to discuss the Hillsborough Law and specifically amendments HMG was bringing forward at Committee Stage.

Met Internet Watch Foundation NSPCC roundtable

To discuss child protection in encrypted environments

Met National Inquiry Victim and Survivor Committee

Grooming gangs Inquiry with Victims and Survivors

Met Lazard

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem.

Met Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and London Councils

To discuss the Hillsborough Law Bill and duty of candour

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

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

Met BookTrust

Meeting to discuss reading in the Early Years

Met VCS Emergencies Partnership

To discuss national resilience work

Met Grenfell Community

To discuss Grenfell Community recovery

Met Construction Industry Council

To discuss improving safety standards in the construction sector