Ministers' Meetings

Met Tata Consultancy Services

Discussion on transforming jobcentres, including proposals for tackling macro-unemployment challenges through their improvement.

Met Uswitch

Introductory meeting to discuss innovation in the retail energy market, Time of Use tariffs and ongoing consumer behaviour

Met Citizens Advice, Consumer Scotland, Dr James Richardson, Laura Sandys CBE, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), Professor Catherine Mitchell

Roundtable to discuss the Government's review of Ofgem

Met NHS Confederation

Discussion on the opportunities for public sector reform in healthcare and opportunities for joining up services at a local level.

Met Senator International

A meeting with a government supplier to discuss procurement and the impact on local areas.

Met Standard Chartered

Meeting to discuss Government and industry work on international sovereign debt

Met Affirm

Meeting to discuss BNPL regulation and reform of the consumer credit act

Met Freightliner, Network rail

To discuss the Railways Bill Reform Condoc

Met Friends and Families of Haemophilia Northern Ireland, Haemophilia Scotland, Scottish Infected Blood Forum, Haemophilia Northern Ireland, Haemophilia Wales, Haemophilia Society

To give an update on the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Met Former Treloar’s School Pupils, Representative for Misdiagnosed Victims

To give an update on the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Met institute for Fiscal Studies (conference at Oxford)

To make a keynote speech on the corporation tax roadmap

Met Figen Murray OBE

To mark the royal assent of Martyn's Law - the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025

Met Burges Salmon

To discuss the response to the government's reforms to the non-dom regime

Met Pump Court Tax Chambers

To discuss the response to the government's reforms to the non-dom regime

Met GSK, Unilever, BAE Systems, Shell, Airbus, Diageo, AB Foods, Johnson Matthey, Google, Bentley, Deloitte, Rigby Group, National Grid Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover, London Stock Exchange Group, Barclays Corporate Bank, AstraZeneca

Business roundtable to discuss UK-US trade talks with British businesses

Met Barnsley Council, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Attend and speak at Trailblazer Launch Event

Met X-Energy

Introductory meeting with CEO to discuss X-Energy's company and strategy, SMR and AMR technology and deployment, timelines for deployment and regulation.

Met Alhambra Shopping Centre, Barnsley Council, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Meeting to hear how a refurbishment site is to use the trailblazer and growth accelerator to bring elements of employment and health support together in one place

Met Cathy Newman: Presenter for Channel 4 News

Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working

Met Association of Directors of Children's Services

Quarterly meeting with the President of Association of Directors of Children's Services

Met COBA, Film London & BFC, Google, Together TV, North East Screen, BBC Film, Sky, TikTok, Channel 4, British Screen Forum, Protagonist Pictures, Nyman Libson Paul, Walt Disney Company, Amazon, Ukie, BFI, Erebus Pictures, Illuminated Films, Screen Scotland, BAFTA, British Screen Forum, Avalon Television, Olsberg, UK Cinema Association, British Screen Forum, Olsberg SPI, Warner Bros, Independent, BBFC, Artem Special Effects, Independent, Blazing Griffin, Wiggin, British Screen Forum, Sixteen Films, Space Studios, Sara Putt Associates/BAFTA, ODEON Cinemas Group Film Booking, Zanna Creative, Premier League, Independent, British Screen Forum, Everyone TV.

To discuss exports, regional development and high streets

Met Trade Union Congress

Pensions Conference, Trade Union Pension Specialists network

Met Sadiq Khan

Meeting to discuss rail devolution and metroisation, the delivery of the Euston station campus and broader regeneration opportunities in the Euston area.

Met Chair of the Youth Justice Board

Introduction Meeting

Met Diageo

To discuss the US Update

Met Prison Governors Association

Regular engagement with trade unions

Met Prison Officers Association

Regular engagement with trade unions

Met Craft Bakers Association, Association of Convenience Stores, Sainsbury’s, Kingfisher, Retail Sector Council, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, Unilever, Morrisons, Asda, Silkfred, Asos, Federation of Independent Retailers, Primark, The Very Group, The Toy Retailer Association, B&M Retail, Boots, Boots, Coop, John Lewis and Partners, H&M, Holland & Barrett, Pets at Home

To discuss employment within retail sectors

Met Clifford Chance, CIPR, ICAEW, Russell Reynolds Associates, CMI, KPMG, The City of London, Law Delivery Panel, Deloitte, Law Society of Scotland, McKinsey, Freshfields, Norton Rose Fulbright, ACCA, Bar Council, EY, Law Society, ICAEW, Herbert Smith Freehills, RICS, PageGroup, Make Architects, Deloitte, Knight Frank, PwC, Serco, Z/Yen, TCUK, REC, Arup, BSA, QPC, Mazars, Capgemini, Hymans Robertson, WPP, Accenture, Advertising Association, MCA, JLL, RIBA

To update the PBSC on development of the PBS sector plan within the Industrial Strategy

Met Craft Bakers Association, Association of Convenience Stores, Sainsbury’s, Kingfisher, Retail Sector Council, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, British Retail Consortium, Unilever, Morrisons, Asda, Silkfred, Asos, Federation of Independent Retailers, Primark, The Very Group, The Toy Retailer Association, B&M Retail, Boots, Boots, Coop, John Lewis and Partners, H&M, Holland & Barrett, Pets at Home

To discuss employment within retail sectors

Met Infracapital, Great British Rail Freight

To discuss the Railways Bill Reform Condoc

Met Mark Francois MP and constituent

To discuss career breaks for parents of seriously ill children

Met Trade Strategy Roundtable: Aston Martin, Babcock, BP, Diageo, KPMG UK, Shell UK, Smith+Nephew, Starling Bank, Storegga, Synthesia

To discuss the upcoming Trade Strategy with the Chancellor

Met Tony Gallagher, Editor; Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times

To discuss priorities in education

Met Homeless Oxfordshire, Change Grow Live, 700 Club, Oxford City Council

To discuss the work of individuals working as volunteers or staff members in the homelessness sector.

Met Fortescue

To discuss Fortescue's proposal of the Initiative Energie Maro-eurpe de Fortescue

Met Western Gateway Partnership

To discuss future funding of the pan-regional partnership

Met AstraZeneca

Meeting to discuss investment ahead of the Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable

Met GlaxoSmithKline

Meeting to discuss investment ahead of the Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable

Met Eli Lilly

Meeting to discuss investment ahead of the Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable

Met OCBC

Attending the signing of the partnership agreement with OCBC

Met Aston Martin; Storegga; Mission Systems (Babcock); Synthesia; KPMG UK; Smith-Nephew; Shell; Starling Bank; Diageo; BP

Roundtable on Trade Strategy

Met No10 Eid Reception

Reception

Met Sir Brian Leveson

Meeting to discuss the Leveson Review

Met Bishop of Coventry and the Bishop of Truro

Homage Ceremony and Afternoon Tea

Met Biopharmaceutical CEO Roundtable (Attendees: AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Moderna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Amgen, Menarini, MSD, Johnson & Johnson, TEVA, Almirall, Merck, Incyte, Sanofi, Servier, IPSEN, Eisai, Novartis, Gilead, Bayer, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Roche, UCB, Mitsubishi, Lundbeck, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, GSK, ABPI, JPMA, EFPIA, INTERPAT, IFPMA, PhRMA)

To discuss the UK life sciences commerical environment and investment in this sector

Met TSSA

An introductory meeting between SoS and TSSA. Discussed SoS and TSSA priorities, the latter including their �Eliminating violence against transport workers� campaign and prevention of job losses.

Met Rountable: Intuit, Coco Financial, Mockingbird Cinema, Sky Wave Gin, Synapx, Chimpology, Cable & things, Gemz by Emz, Majors Accounts, Dewlands Garden Design, Hot Source Creative, Josh's Chocolates, Kenyon Hall Farm, Masato Jones, Inclusive Futures, MagnifyB, Change Coefficient

To discuss the upcoming Small Business Strategy

Met Roundtable Commercial Real Enstatite Investors - The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change: IIGCC, CBRE Investment Management, DWS group, Schroders, Savills IM, Aviva, LGIM, Invesco, M&G

To discuss the Growth Missions with institutional investors and understand the scale of investment opportunities in the real estate 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 Commission, National Retrofit Hub, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), Ofgem, Regulatory Assistance Project, UK Green Building Council, University of Newcastle, University of Oxford, University of Salford

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