Ministers' Meetings

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 Softbank

To discuss UK AI priorites and SoftBank Vision Fund.

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 Perplexity

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

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

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met Sean Redmond

To discuss the Chip Start Programme

Met Crisis, Shelter, Thames Reach, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, Justlife, Centre for Homelessness Impact, St Basils, Lambeth Council, Birmingham City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Lond

Roundtable to discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

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 National Housing Federation

To discuss the remediation of unsafe buildings

Met Fire Brigades Union

To discuss the challenges facing the fire sector

Met Construction Product Information Ltd

To discuss construction products reform

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

To discuss skills around the industrial strategy

Met Surrey County Council

To discuss devolution in Surrey

Met City Sikhs, West Midlands Neighbourhood Watch, University of Birmingham, Gurdwara Aid, Nishkam Civic Association, National Sikh Policy Association, Feed my City, British Sikh Consultative Forum, British Armed Forces, Croydon Gurdwara, Harrow Interfaith, Oasis Community Learning, Midland Langar Seva Society, Nishkam Swat, Tarak, BBC, Luton Gurdwara, Siri Sing Sabha Gurdwara, Sikh Women's Aid,

Roundtable to discuss issues facing Sikh communities

Met Berkshire Business Board, Buckinghamshire Business Board, Cheshire and Warrington Business Board, Cumbria Business Board, East Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Essex Business Board, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Herefordshire Business Board, Hertfordshire Business Board, Hull & East Yorkshire Business Board, Leicester and Leicestershire Business Board, Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, Liverpool City Region MCA, Norfolk Business Board, Solent Business Board, South Midlands Business Board, Suffolk County Council, Swindon and Wiltshire Business and Growth Unit, Tees Valley Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership, York North Yorkshire Combined Authority

To discuss local growth with Business Boards Network Chairs

Met INEOS

To discuss the INEOS plant in Grangemouth

Met FirstPort

To discuss FirstPort's performance as a property management agency

Met Cornwall Council

To discuss social housing in Cornwall

Met South Tyneside Council

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

Met Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

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

Met Crisis, Shelter, Thames Reach, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, Justlife, Centre for Homelessness Impact, St Basils, Lambeth Council, Birmingham City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater London Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Shared Health Foundation, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Expert Link, Local Government Association, National Housing Federation

Roundtable to discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

Met City of York Council

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

Met Brighton & Hove City Council

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

Met Sir Brian Leveson

An introductory meeting with Sir Brian Leveson

Met Kate Green, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manachester

Meeting on devolution to Manchester in relation to youth justice

Met Nscale

To discuss NScale's UK investments

Met Independent Schools Inspectorate

Introductory meeting to discuss independent school inspections

Met United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Introductory meeting with High Commissioner Grandi and discussion on the Asylum Policy Statement

Met West Mercia Police Chief Constable

To discuss police funding

Met TrustedHousesitters

To disucss barriers to this company's growth

Met Mary Robinson, President Juan Manuel Santos

Meeting at COP30 to discuss Planetary Guardians initiative and COP30 progress

Met MSPs, Ofgem, Energy UK, Smart Energy GB (SEGB)

Roundtable with MPs to listen to and address their concerns around the Royal Television Society (RTS) phase out

Met Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire

To discuss police funding

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 SpecialEffect

Meeting at a Reception hosted by Playstation

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 Campaigners interested in the issue of smartphones in schools

Roundtable discussion on smartphones in schools

Met Meeting with biotechnology, pharmaceutical companies and academic research partners

Discussion on Transatlantic biotech

Met Children and Young People's Mental Health coalition

to discuss children's mental health

Met Building Societies Association (BSA)

To discuss retail investment, regulation, and Building Societies, Mutuals, and Co-ops.

Met Anna Brading, Influencer

Meeting to discuss building confidence for young people and their personal finances

Met Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Welsh Youth Organisation), The Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Service, TAITH (Wales international learning exchange program), Wales Arts International, WCIA (Welsh Centre for International Affairs), BGC (Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Climate Cymru, Welsh Government

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Domestic Advisory Group

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Federation of Small Businesses, Small Business Britain, Perky Blenders, Enterprise Nation, UNDER+BENEATH LIMITED, Family Business UK, Thatchers Cider, Entrepreneurs Network, Farringford Legal

To discuss implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and how the Government can help raise awareness on consultations and implementation.

Met Chair of the Manston Inquiry

Discuss the Manston Inquiry

Met Royal Mail

To discuss Royal Mail strategic priorities and operational challenges

Met Local Government Association

Improving Public Health Outcomes

Met Communication Workers Union

To discuss workers rights, security, reform, sectoral bargaining and consultations on the Employment Rights Bill, especially e-balloting and fire-and-rehire. Also to discuss Royal Mail

Met National Trading Standards

To discuss the NTS's role in support of Local Authority Trading Standards activity and the consumer protection strategy, funding to the Trading Standards system and regulation reform and its interaction with consumer protection regulation.