Ministers' Meetings

Met Energy Ombudsman

To discuss the role of the Energy Ombudsman in consumer protection

Met Octopus Energy, Thakeham

Discussion as part of a site visit on zero bills homes

Met Action for Children

Discussion about Youth Justice

Met Dr Tom Heenan; CEO & Director of Gaussion

Freight Innovation Fund Visit

Met Farriers Registration Council

Discussions surrounding equines in Northern Ireland not having the same protections as in Great Britain, and that industry in Northern Ireland would like to improve protection of equines in Northern Ireland. Attendees also raised that they would like to see an update to the Farriers Registration Act, and also called for the constitution of this Act to be amended as in attendees view the council is oversized

Met Faith in the City

To discuss the Faith in the City project

Met Tech UK

Attended Technology roundtable discussing MoJ's technology suite

Met National Farmers' Union

Meeting to discuss key issues in the farming sector

Met Food & Drink Federation

Meeting to discuss key issues in the food sector.

Met Country Land & Business Association

Meeting to discuss key issues in the farming sector.

Met Vestas

To discuss AR7, floating offshore wind and investment in Scotland

Met Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA)

Meeting to discuss upcoming SAF RCM Bill, challenges facing fuels industry

Met Fuels Industry UK

Introductory meeting to discuss engagement on Sustainable Aviation Fuels, challenges facing the Low Carbon Fuels sector and opportunities for unlocking investment in the sector

Met Sage

Introductory meeting

Met Cheshire East Council

To discuss the Best Value Notice for Cheshire East

Met Equinor

To discuss energy security, zonal pricing and oil and gas

Met Greater London Authority

To discuss rough sleeping

Met Corporate Leaders Group, Siemens, Climate Action Network UK, Octopus Investments, Barratt Redrow, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Race Equality Foundation, Everyone's Environment Coalition, Suez, Aviva Investors, Trade Union Congress, Food Farming and Countryside Commission, DHL, WWF-UK, Planet Mark, Bankers for Net Zero, Small Business Britain, Climate Outreach, Barclays, LGA, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Co-operative Group, Aldersgate Group, Broadway Initiative, Confederation of British Industry (CBI), British Chamber of Commerce, Green Finance Institute

To discuss support for the ceramics sector

Met Association for Decentralised Energy, Citizens Advice, Energy Networks Association, Energy Saving Trust, Energy UK, Green Finance Institute, Heat Pump Association, Heat Pump Federation, Local Government Association, National Energy Action, National Energy System Operator, National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, National Retrofit Hub, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), Ofgem, Regulatory Assistance Project, UK Green Building Council, University of Oxford, University of Salford

Roundtable discussion on the Warm Homes Plan as part of the Warm Homes Plan panel

Met Scottish Power

To receive an overview of Scottish Power's central technical training hub and discuss skills, workforce, and the energy transition

Met National Grid

To discuss strategic demand, the transmission network, consumer bills and strategic demand

Met Local Government Association, County Councils Network, District Council Network

To discuss local government reorganisation

Met Vargonn

To discuss supply chain issues and oil and gas

Met Aker ASA

Introductory meeting discussing supply chain investment, Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), AI and data centres, and UK/Norway collaboration

Met Renewable Energy Systems (RES)

To discuss renewables and supply chain investment

Met Warrington Council

To discuss the Best Value Intervention at Warrington

Met Fred. Olsen Renewables

To discuss renewables, zonal pricing and investment

Met Statkraft

To discuss renewable development, planning, zonal pricing and investment

Met Southeastern, Network Rail

To discuss Southeastern's performance and ways in which they can improve

Met Revolut, Sage MD, AWS, Sky, General Medicines, Sanofi, Pearson Engineering Public Sector & Health, Cognizant, FuturLab, Anacta

Discussion with business leaders on topics across DSIT incl. skills, life sciences, AI, digital ID and digital transformation

Met Ellen Roome

To discuss access to deceased children's data policy.

Met Professor Alice Sullivan

To discuss the findings of Professor's Sullivan's report into data collection on sex and gender

Met Ellen Roome

Meeting to discuss the Data (Use and Access) Bill

Met Snap, Youtube, TikTok, Meta

To discuss online safety and data retention

Met The Nation Drought Group

Meeting to discuss drought in the UK

Met Statnett

Introductory meeting discussing zonal pricing, interconnection and energy security

Met Newham Council

To discuss the Best Value Notice for Newham

Met Waterlife Recovery Trust

A meeting to discuss Mink eradication, and waterlife recovery trusts work in this area. Implications surrounding mink trapping particularly in the summer months

Met Road Haulage Association (RHA)

Parliamentary Roundtable during National Coach Week, which discussed domestic and international tourism, workforce development, and pressures the industry faces.

Met National Housing Federation

To discuss the Government's social housing ambitions ahead of Spending Review

Met Greater London Authority

To discuss regular updates on London Housing Delivery and work with the Department to support this

Met AstraZeneca

To discuss the pharmaceutical landscape in the UK

Met Aviva, Barclays, Fidelity, Hargreaves Lansdown, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest, Santander, Vanquis

Meeting to discuss regulatory reform

Met Consensus Business Group

To discuss the remediation of unsafe buildings

Met Bay Area Report Launch

To take part in a panel discussion as part of the launch of the Bay Are economic report (attendees: Entrepreneurs First, Arm, Pangaea Data, Imperial College London)

Met VC luncheon - Fenwick & West LLP

To discuss the UK VC environment and investment opportunities (attendees: Fenwick & West LLP, 137 Ventures, Lightspeed, A16z, Anduril, Longitude Capital, Lux capital, Sapphire Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Applied Intuition)

Met Joby Aviation

To discuss Joby Aviation electric air taxi tech and potential for UK investment

Met International Competition Network Conference

To provide the keynote address on competition at the International Competition Network Annual Conference

Met Citizens Advice Scotland

To discuss consumer rights and employment rights in the environs of the International Competition Network Annual Conference

Met Rachel Sylvester - The Times - Journalist

Profile Interview