Ministers' Meetings

Met ITM

To discuss ITM's UK investment pipeline

Met Tilbury Port

Visited the port of Tilbury to discuss the UK/ EU safety cooperation following the UK/EU Summit.

Met Energy UK, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the radio teleswitch service

Met British Medical Association, Resident Doctors Committee

To discuss industrial relations

Met Chair of the National Police Chiefs Council

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Emilio Casalicchio, POLITICO

Routine media engagement after Spending Review

Met Neighbourhood Prayer Network

To discuss the role of faith-based initiatives in strengthening local communities.�

Met Unlocked Graduates

Discussion on prison staff training

Met Green Finance Institute

To discuss the Warm Homes Plan

Met Representatives of the Youth Justice Board

Meeting to discuss the mission of the organisation

Met ISSA Foundation

To discuss the ISSA Foundation report into Muslim communities in the UK

Met Teacher Development Trust, Chartered College of Teaching, University College London, Education Endownment Foundation, Teach First, Ambition Institute, TrustWide CPD Leads Forum, National Institute of Teaching, Teaching School Hubs Council, Big Education

Roundtable with stakeholders to discuss teacher training entitlement

Met East Midlands Railway Group, Veolia, Greene King, Recycling Lives

Roundtable on Unpaid Work community payback policy

Met West Midlands Combined Authority

Meeting to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy

Met Zurich Insurance

Meeting as part of your series of employer meetings to discuss ways of working with DWP

Met Friends, Families and Travellers, Roma Support Group, Traveller Movement, GATE Herts

To discuss issues of concern to the Gypsy Roma Traveller community

Met National Secular Society

To discuss the Government�s approach to tackling anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia

Met FTI Consultancy, The Insolvency Service

Discussed ongoing work with the Official Receiver to stabilise the Prax refinery

Met Neshion Energy Park

Discussed the park's project overview and objectives

Met St Giles Trust

To discuss issues around the Disclosure and Barring Service

Met Rail and Maritime Trade Union

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill

Met Deloitte

Roundtable with business leaders to discuss Immigration White Paper

Met Open AI, Meta, IETF AI Preferences Working Group, Cloudflare, Sony Music Entertainment, RELX, Amazon, Alliance for Intellectual Property, News Media Association, Publishers Association, Creative UK, BPI, Ivors Academy, British Film, Institure, UK Music, Pact, The Guardian, IP Federation, UK Interactive Entertainment, Royal Society, Disney, Nvidia, Newspaper Licensing Agency, Council of Music Makers, DCMS Secretary of State

First of three plenary sessions with AI and creative industry stakeholders on the issue of AI and copyright. This was jointly hosted with DCMS SoS

Met Onshore Wind Council; EDF Power Solutions, RenewablesUK, Scottish Renewables, GMB, Energy4All, Community Energy England, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Scottish Gov, Nadara, Vattenfall, Scottish Power Renewables, Nordex

To discuss key developments since publication of Onshore Wind Taskforce Strategy

Met Octoenergy, Pearson, WPP, Unilever, VodafoneThree, Mitie, Pinewood Group,

Data Exchanges Roundtable to discuss the role the UK Government should take in facilitating the development of data exchanges in the UK.

Met Port of Cromarty Firth

Update for the Minister on the port's progress and timelines

Met Relx

To discuss the government's AI Action Plan and how RELX have developed and adopted AI.

Met Pinewood

To engage with high level UK businesses to build upon UK growth opportunities.

Met Northumbrian Water

To discuss water company performance.

Met Roundtable with Breakfast Club stakeholders

Roundtable discussion of Breakfast Club Early Adopter programme

Met Keith and Aviva Siegel

To discuss their experience as hostages

Met New Covent Garden Market

To discuss the benefits of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS) agreement following the UK/EU Summit.

Met POLITICO

General discussion on the Minister for the Cabinet Office's brief.

Met Church of England

Regular termly meeting between Secretary of State and the Church of England to discuss departmental policy

Met Hepatitis C Trust

Visited the headquarters of the Hepatitis C Trust to understand their priorities ahead of the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry's Additional Report on compensation and the Government's response.

Met Lord Trees

Discussions around the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill, the Bill's next stage, and Baroness Hayman's role within the next stages.

Met Federation of Independent Retailers

To discuss support for independent retailers

Met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

To discuss high street rental auctions

Met Lucy Smith

Meeting with the Blavatnik School for Government's Heywood fellow to discuss public sector reform

Met CEO Surviving Economic Abuse

to Discuss Economic Abuse task force

Met Blavatnik School of Government

A panel conversation with the CEO of New Local and Minister Feryal Clark to discuss the Test Learn and Grow approach to government

Met Tainted Blood

To discuss Tainted Blood's priorities ahead of the Government's response to the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry's Additional Report on compensation.

Met Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police

Discussion on progress of delivering manifesto commitments

Met Catholic Education Service

Regular termly meeting between Secretary of State and the Catholic Education Service to discuss departmental policy

Met West Midlands Combined Authority

To discuss housing delivery following the spending review

Met Greater Manchester Combined Authority

To discuss housing delivery following the spending review

Met Green Alliance Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)

Dinner roundtable to discuss progress and messaging on the UK's Net Zero ambitions

Met Global Climate and Health Summit

Spoke at their summit about links between climate change and health

Met UNISON

To discuss industrial relations

Met Royal College of Nursing

To discuss industrial relations