Ministers' Meetings

Met Mozilla, Cohere, Anthropic, Favulty AI, BBC, National Union of Journalists, Muscians' Union, Music Publishers Association, Writers' Guild of Great Britatin, Publishers' Licensing Services, OpenUK, TechUK, IBM, Startup Coalition, Getty Images, PRS for Music, Adobe, Financial Times, Computer & Communications Industry Association, BT, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Research Libraries UK, AHRC/UKRI, CoStar, British Library, Bectu, DCMS Secretary of State

Third 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 Families of Hillsborough Victims

To discuss the progress through Parliament of the "Hillsborough Law" on public accountability

Met Consular meeting

Discussion of consular case

Met Gordon Brown, CBI, UK Warehousing Association, Amazon, Haleon, EDF, ASDA Stores, Pladis Global, In Kind Direct (IKD), Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), Charity Finance Group, Neighbourly, The Felix Project, Wilson Wright LLP, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

To discuss VAT relief on business donations of goods to charity

Met Specsavers

Meeting is to highlight how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), through its Jobcentre Plus network, can support with recruitment and increase diversity and inclusion within the company-

Met Steel Council Co-Chair

Discussed the development of the UK Steel Strategy

Met JLR

To discuss the cyber-attack and the impact on operations.

Met Fire Brigades Union

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and challenges facing the fire service

Met Communication Workers Union

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and the Royal Mail

Met The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Community Trade Union

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill,

Met The Musicians' Union

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Unite

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met ASLEF

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met UNISON

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Prospect

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met GMB Union

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met Trades Union Congress

Introductory meeting and to discuss the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill

Met BP

To discuss reflections on the current business environment

Met Shell

To discuss reflections on the current business environment

Met Bond

To discuss localisation / locally led development

Met Minette Batters

Farming Report

Met National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations

Fishing introduction

Met Heathrow Airport Group

To discuss the Heathrow Airport expansion

Met Citi Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, BlackRock, Circle, Schroders, London Stock Exchange Group, Revolut, Ripple, Coinbase, HSBC, JP Morgan, Bloomberg, CDR, Robinhood, Standard Chartered, Blackstone

Roundtable to discuss the Transatlantic Partnership

Met Cancer Research UK, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, BioIndustry Association, Roche, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Government, Shelford Group, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS Providers, National Health Service England, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Health Research Authority, Office for Life Sciences.

To discuss how to make the UK a global leader in clinical research and life sciences

Met NHS CEO Leadership

To discuss priorities with NHS leadership

Met Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

To discuss the governments health priorities and reforms

Met Oliver Ryan MP and constituent

To discuss fertility treatment for cancer survivors

Met AI Pathfinders

To discuss AI Infrastructure

Met Disabled Children's Partnership, Let us Learn Too

Parliamentary drop in reception to raise awareness of SEND

Met Holocaust Educational Trust

Attendance at the 2025 Holocaust Educational trust Appeal Dinner, a, event commemorating the landmark 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

Met BIA

Introductory call with Steve Bates BIA CEO in his capacity as incoming OLS Chair.

Met Bar Council

To discuss legal aid at inquests.

Met Octopus Group

To discuss pensions funds and UK Investment

Met No. 10 Civil Nuclear Reception

Attended reception on the UK's nuclear industry

Met Molly Rose Foundation

Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle

Met Local Government Association

To discuss local government priorities

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the West Midlands Growth Plan

Met Revolut

Meeting to discuss the Leeds Reforms and financial services

Met Octopus

To discuss consumer-led flexibility, rebalancing, home upgrades and system costs

Met Selection of parents attending the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Day of Action

Roundtable discussion where the Minister met with families attending the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Day of Action, using the opportunity to hear real life experiences to better inform policy reform

Met Nissan

To discuss the UK's automotive sector

Met Nissan

To discuss the business environment and UK operations

Met Gerald Knaus

To discuss European Convention on Human Rights

Met ONE

To discuss International Development

Met Legal Aid Practitioner's Group

To discuss legal aid at inquests.

Met The Law Society of England and Wales

To discuss legal aid at inquests.

Met Hillsborough Law Now

To discuss the upcoming Public Office (Accountability) Bill

Met UK Finance

Introductory call to discuss financial services priorities