Ministers' Meetings

Met National Farmers' Union

Farming policy catch-up

Met British Poultry Council

Attended meeting for discussion on Animal Welfare

Met Tech UK

Informal catch up

Met United Utilities

Meeting to discuss water company performance

Met Greece: Lightsource BP Greece , SSE Renewables Greece, Helleniq Energy Group, METLEN

To discuss UK-Greece collaboration on energy transition

Met GMB Union

Meeting to discuss water industrial relations

Met Southern Water LPA Water Group

Meeting to discuss water scarcity management

Met Tent UK

Business Roundtable to discuss Immigration White Paper

Met Honeywell

Meeting with CEO to discuss developments at the Grangemouth refinery site and SAF

Met Family of victim of drink driving accident

Discussion on roads policing policy

Met Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Roundtable with current students around various topics.

Met North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

To discuss progress on the North Sea transition, investor sentiment and key challenges

Met Renewable UK, ORE Catapult, Ofgem, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, Vattenfall, JDR Cables, Total Energies, SSE, Shell, Scottish Power, RWE, Fred Olsen, Red Rock Power, Orsted, Flotation Energy, Ocean Winds, Equinor, Blue Float, BP, Corio Generation, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Roundtable discussion on offshore wind and to discuss supply chain investment

Met Emulate Bio

To discuss future opportunities for UK based collaboration.

Met Alexia Fetherstonhaugh JP

To discuss Magistrates recruitment

Met Disruptive Developers Forum

To discuss the adoption of digital technologies in the development sector

Met Swift Payments

To discuss global business environment and Swift's role in relation to that

Met Stonewall

To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK

Met Barnardo's

To discuss Barnardo's Crowning Glory and Double Discrimination reports

Met Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

To discuss CCEP's business and investment in the UK

Met Newcleo

To discuss HMG nuclear policy, and investment into nuclear fission

Met TAE Techologies

To discuss HMG fusion policy, investment into fusion, and comparison to international policy and investment

Met Youth Endowment Fund

Meeting to discuss preventing children becoming involved in violence

Met Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Introductory meeting to discuss AI

Met Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

Met with Matt Stringer (CEO) and Mike Wordingham (Head of Policy), from the Royal National Institute of Blind People, to discuss the Bus Services Bill.

Met Satbir Singh, This Day

To discuss the Community Ownership Fund

Met Legal Services Board; The Law Society; Solicitors Regulation Authority; Financial Conduct Authority; Financial Ombudsman Service; Legal Ombudsman; Competition and Markets Authority

To discuss mass claims litigation

Met Guide Dogs UK

Met with Andrew Lennox (CEO), Eleanor Briggs (Head of Policy, Public Affairs, and Campaigns), and Chris Theobald (Senior Policy, Public Affairs, and Campaigns Manager) from Guide Dogs UK to discuss the Bus Services Bill.

Met Competition and Markets Authority

Mass Claims Litigation roundtable to discuss the growing issue around high-volume claims, the challenges this type of practice presents, and the risks it poses to consumers.

Met Bicycle Asssociation of Great Britain (BAGB)

Met with Phillip Darnton, the Executive Chairman of the Bicycle Association, to discuss e-bike battery safety.

Met Confederation of British Industry; Addleshaw Goddard; Arcadis UK; Heathrow Airport Limited; Avison Young; Leeds College of Building; SSEN Transmission; National Gas; Edaroth UK; EMH Group; ASDA; Manchester Airport Group; Wates; Nexperia; Costain; Statkraft; National Grid; Equinor; Scottish Power

To discuss the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Met Legal Ombudsman

Mass Claims Litigation roundtable to discuss the growing issue around high-volume claims, the challenges this type of practice presents, and the risks it poses to consumers.

Met UK Deaf Job Fair, Action Deafness, SignLive

Minister for Social Security and Disability recorded a piece to camera for the UK Deaf Job fair focusing on work done by the government to support and champion the interests of deaf and disabled people in government departments as they work to pursue the wider government missions. Specific commendations for Action Deafness and SignLive were given for organising this Job Fair event

Met British Broadcasting Company

British Broadcasting Corporation Access All Interview with Minister for Social Security and Disability and Nikki Fox to discuss the Green Paper

Met Paris Air Show – ZeroAvia, Embraer, Rolls Royce, Hanwha Systems and BAE, Honeywell

Attended the Paris Air Show, advocated for the upcoming industrial strategy

Met Laura Donnelly, Health Editor The Telegraph and Chris Evans, Editor The Telegraph

To discuss the 10 Year Health Plan and governments health priorites

Met Project Pure Hope

To discuss Gaza medevac

Met Bereaved maternity families Donna Ockenden

To discuss maternity services

Met Donna Ockenden

To discuss maternity services

Met Ulster Farmers' Union

Main policy area discussed was the Veterinary medicines supply in Northern Ireland and possible solutions/ways of working together. Attendees raised concerns such as prices rising in Northern Ireland and veterinary medicines not being included in the scope of the EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement

Met Airlines UK

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill

Met Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler

Meeting to discuss the transformation delivery plan

Met Phoenix Group

Opportunity to thank their Chief Executive Officer for his tenure as Department for Work and Pensions Business Champion.

Met SFE, EY, Natwest, Sheppherd and Wedderburn, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Association of British Insurers, Deloitte, Glasgow Credit Union,

Meeting of the Scottish-London Financial Forum to discuss the upcoming Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy

Met AGS Airports, Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport, East Midlands Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport, Manchester Airports Group, Newcastle International Airport, Farnborough Airport, Regional and City Aiports, Airports UK

To discuss the impact of changes to business rates on the airport sector

Met Confederation of British Industry

To discuss the Pensions Review

Met Chris Grigg (UKIB), Olly Holbourne

meeting to discuss NWF CEO recruitment

Met The Times

To discuss the Spending Review process, and wider political catch up

Met Citizens Advice

To discuss impact investment.

Met Cimple

To discuss opportunities to improve government's digital procurement.