Ministers' Meetings

Met Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Mayor of the East Midlands, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, Mayor of London, Mayor of South Yorkshire, Mayor of the West Midlands, Mayor of the West of England, Mayor of West Yorkshire, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, Mayor of the North East

Meeting of the Mayoral Council to discuss health, transport, and deeper devolution

Met VMO2

To discuss mobile coverage and rollout of 5G Standalone

Met Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

To discuss UK and US life sciences

Met Universities UK

Attended Universities UK’s Conference in Exeter where he met Lisa Roberts (UoE president and VC, Vivienne Stern (Chief Exec UUK and Malcolm Press President UUK). He then visited the Exeter Innovation Spinout Showcase at the University of Exeter and the Met Office.

Met Sembcorp

Discussed Sembcorp's operations in the UK and did a site tour

Met TheCityUK

Call to discuss financial services priorities

Met Consular meeting

Discussion of consular case

Met Consular meeting

Discussion of consular case

Met Safelives

Discuss the VAWG Strategy - Violence against women and girls and an update on their work on Risk assessment

Met Share Foundation

To discuss support for care leavers with a focus on outcomes

Met World Food Programme

Call to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Met Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine and current Ukrainian politician

To discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine

Met UK Finance

Call to discuss financial services priorities

Met Mura

Discussed Mura's operations in the UK and did a site tour

Met Pub is the Hub

Meeting to discuss PiTH and its work to support rural pubs.

Met Tony Blair

Meeting to discuss the Middle East.

Met Civil Society Organisations

To discuss women's rights and civic space in Algeria.

Met Consular meeting

Meeting to discuss ongoing consular case with families.

Met Aviva

Call to discuss the Women in Finance charter

Met UK Finance; Barclays; HSBC; Small Business Britain; Natwest; Lloyds Banking Group.

Meeting discuss businesses' commitment to the Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship.

Met Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester

Visit to Oldham and Blackpool to see how DWP collaborates with local authorities and specialist services to improve housing outcomes-

Met UK Finance: Mid Market Companies Breakfast Roundtable (UK Finance, Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays, HSBC)

To discuss evidence around and support for mid-market corporations.

Met West Midlands Local Resilience Forum

To meet the West Midlands Local Resilience Forum

Met Ensus

Discussed Ensus' operations in the UK and did a site tour

Met Coventry University

To discuss the Simulation Centre at Coventry University

Met Skipton Building Society, Yorkshire Building Society, Cambridge Building Society, Leeds Building Society, Bath Building Society, Coventry Building Society, Building Societies Association

Roundtable to discuss mortgages policy

Met Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations

To discuss the importance of the UK/EU strategic partnership to a key audience of media and industry leads.

Met Fire Brigades Union

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill

Met Representatives of the National Appropriate Adult Network

Meeting on appropriate adult policy

Met Julia Waters

Meeting with sister of Ruth Perry, to discuss Ofsted consultation responses and complaints

Met His Majesty�s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service

Discussion on the Annual State of Policing Report

Met M.K. Stalin

To discuss the UK's links with Tamil Nadu

Met CEO of the College of Policing

Meeting to discuss progress on delivering manifesto commitments

Met GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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

Met BiteBack Youth Ambassadors

To discuss energy drinks policy

Met H-E- Abdulaziz Alboug,Mr- Marwan Alghamdi, Dr- Ammr Kurdi, Abdullah Hebshi, Deemah Tuwaijri, Stephen Hitchen, Faisal Moosa, Tukeer Hussain

Meeting with representatives from Saudi Government to discuss Pensions

Met Action for Children

Meeting to discuss the recommendations in the Paying the Price Report

Met AstraZeneca

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

Met Sarah Edwards MP and constituent

To discuss access to brain tumour treatment

Met Dr Allison Gardner MP, Luke Taylor MP, and constituents

To discuss chronic urinary tract infections

Met Policy Connect

To discuss ideas around a Centre for Assistive Technology

Met Nissan

Visit to Nissan's self-driving vehicle exhibition at the Cenex Expo

Met Asda, Boots UK, Currys, IKEA UK, John Lewis Partnership, B&Q, Lidl GB, Primark, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Co-operative Group, Morrisons, British Retail Consortium

Roundtable with the Chancellor and retail CEOs to discuss growth, productivity and regulation

Met People Curve Consultancy Limited

To discuss the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on SMEs

Met Asda, Boots UK, Currys, IKEA UK, John Lewis Partnership, B&Q, Lidl GB, Primark, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Co-operative Group, Morrisons, British Retail Consortium

Roundtable with retail CEOS to discuss growth, productivity and regulation

Met KSA Great Futures

Roundtable to discuss Saudi Arabian- UK financial services collaboration and investment

Met Sky Group

Meeting to discuss UK investment and the media industry

Met Holtec, EDF

To discuss Small Medium Reactor (SMR) projects, investment, planning and nuclear regulation

Met Wine and Spirit Trade Association

Alcoholic drinks

Met Soil Association

Farming