Ministers' Meetings

Met Babcock

To discuss the Industrial Strategy and Exports campaigns

Met Investment Association, Baillie Gifford & Co, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity International, Legal and General Asset Management, M & G plc, PGIM Investments, Phoenix Group, PIMCO, Universities Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard

To attend the Investment Association Consultation Roundtable event discussed the Equality Bill consultation. The session brought together representatives from UK and Global Investment managers to discuss the proposed ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting requirements

Met KSAT

To discuss SvalSat operations, tour of Satellite Station and operations control room

Met CPI Medicines Manufacturing

To understand how CPI works with government and private investment to develop new medicine and biosecurity methods, both regionally in the UK and with international partners.

Met Investment Association, Baillie Gifford & Co, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity International, Legal and General Asset Management, M & G plc, PGIM Investments, Phoenix Group, PIMCO, Universities Superannuation Scheme , Vanguard

Investment Association Consultation Roundtable event to discuss the Equality Bill consultation.

Met City of London

A meeting that touched on themes surrounding government procurement, part of the Minister's portfolio.

Met British Business Bank roundtable: Ada Ventures, TDR Capital, Balderton Capital, Twin Path Ventures

To discuss venture capital firms

Met Alitheia Capital; Arnergy; Ajrena Foods

To discuss the business environment in Nigeria.

Met Nissan

To discuss future plans and policy environment in the UK.

Met Coca Cola

To discuss the business landscape and Drinks/Sugar Regulation

Met TotalEnergies

To discuss business operations

Met Brimingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Open AI

To discuss support for businesses

Met City of London Corporation

To discuss their plans for growth

Met Energy Ombudsman

To discuss plans for an upcoming roundtable on how the Energy Ombudsman's service can be improved for consumers

Met UK100

To discuss the Warm Homes Plan and Local Area Energy Planning

Met Peabody, Places for People Group Ltd, Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hertfordshire Futures, Invest in Stevenage, Stevenage Development Board, Stevenage Biosciences Catalyst, Europe Snacks, Stempoint East,

To discuss New Towns policy and implementation

Met Invinity

To discuss battery storage and visit facilities

Met Frontier AI and Scholarships Roundtable

To discuss Sparck AI scholarship with Higher Education institutions

Met Installation Assurance Authority, Microgeneration Certification Scheme

To discuss consumer protection and the accreditation landscape for Government-assured insulation schemes

Met Utilita

To discuss Ofgem's zero standing charge variant, the price cap and ofgem review

Met Orca Computing

To discuss support for businesses

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Trade Union Congress

Discussion between Minister for Social Security and Disability and an Assistant Director in the Trade Union Congress to organise Minister for Social Security and Disability's virtual attendance of Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference.

Met Margaret Aspinall, Hillsborough Families Forum

During visit to discuss progress on the development of a Hillsborough Law

Met Families of the victims of the Bicester fire incident

During visit to meet and hear from the bereaved families about the incident and the victims

Met Trades Union Congress; Prospect; Prison Officers Association; University and College Union; Unite; National Education Union; Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers; First Division Association; Unison; NASUWT Union; GMB Union; Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; Communication Workers Union

Roundtable with Trade Unions on public services ahead of the Spending Review.

Met Offshore Energies UK OEUK

To discuss the closure of the government consultation into the Oil and gas high price mechansim

Met Stripe

Meeting to discuss supporting start up growth and productivity

Met Trade Union Congress

To organise Minister Timms' virtual attendance of Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference on the 3rd of June

Met ADS Group; Airbus Defence and Space; ARX Robotics; ARX Robotics; BAE Systems; Barclays; Bridgepoint Group; Confederation of British Industry; Helsing; HSBC; IQ Capital; JFD Global; Lloyds Banking Group; M&G plc; NatWest Group; Oliver Wyman; PA Consulting; Phoenix Group; Rheinmetall VSI; RFD Beaufort; TEKEVER; Ten Eleven;

Defence & Economic Growth CEO Taskforce

Met EnQuest

To discuss the position that EnQuest, and the North Sea oil and gas sector, finds itself following recent developments to the sector.

Met Bicester Motion fire families and first responders

To hear from the first responders. and meet the families of those who had lost their lives in the fire

Met TUC, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, Communications Workers Union, First Division Association, The Teachers' Union, National Education Union, Prison Offier's Association, Prospect, University and College Union, Union of Shop, Distributive & Allied Workers, GMB, UNISON and Unite)

A roundtable to discuss priorites ahead of the Spending Review, jointly with the Chancellor

Met Resolution Foundation

To discuss The Pensions Review

Met African Development Bank

To discuss the relationship between the UK and the African Development Bank.

Met UN Economic Commission for Africa

To discuss opportunities for trade and economic investment across Africa.

Met Communication Workers Union

To discuss Royal Mail and Post Office

Met Currys

To discuss benefits and drawbacks of the current low value import regime

Met Association of Professional Staffing Companies, Cavendish Consulting

To discuss the progress of the Employment Rights Bill, flexibility of the UK labour market in addition to implications of extending guaranteed hour provisions and Day One’ rights to skilled contractors and agency workers

Met North East Combined Authority, NHS Confederation , UK Community Foundations, Newham, Camden Council, Polly Neate, Public Digital, Jonathan Slater, The National Lottery Fund

A roundtable to discuss cohort based support for Adults with Complex Needs and to test thinking with external practitioners.

Met Mayor of Liverpool City Region

To discuss the vehicle incident on Water Street

Met British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

To discuss support for businesses

Met Energy UK, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off

Met British Chamber of Commerce; Tullow Oil; Endeavour Mining; Cashew Coast

To discuss the business environment in Cote d'Ivoire.

Met Coalition Ivoirienne des Défenseurs des Droits Humains – Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (CIDDH) and National Democratic Institute (NDI)

To discuss the civil society environment in Cote d'Ivoire.

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 Tees Valley; Mayor of the West Midlands; Mayor of the West of England; Mayor of West Yorkshire; Mayor of York and North Yorkshire

Meeting of the Mayoral Council to discuss skills, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, growth, the local government pension scheme, and housing

Met Mayors of West Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Hull & East Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West of England, Greater Lincolnshire, London, Tees Valley, North East, West Midlands, Liverpool, York & North Yorkshire, East Midlands

Council of Nations and Regions to discuss the impacts of US trade tariffs, and Artificial Intelligence

Met British Dental Association

To discuss NHS pay awards.

Met Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority; East Midlands Combined County Authority; Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority; Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority; Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; Greater London Authority; South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority; Tees Valley Combined Authority; West Midlands Combined Authority; West of England Combined Authority; West Yorkshire Combined Authority; York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions to discuss trade agreements and artificial intelligence