Ministers' Meetings

Met Consular family

Discussion of consular case

Met BBPA; Carlsberg Britvic; Molson Coors; Greene King; Star Pubs; Admiral Taverns; Punch Taverns; Stonegate;Daniel Thwaites Brewery; Shepherd Neame

To discuss market acess to small brewers in Tenented pubs

Met Independent Office for Police Conduct

Meeting to discuss the work of the IOPC

Met Marubeni

To discuss UK�s commitment to Floating Offshore Wind

Met Employment Council Chairs

Meeting to discuss future of the Employment Council

Met Policy Connect

Dinner speech and discussion on Disability, Accessibility and the Impact

Met Nufarm

To discuss plans to expand and modernise the company’s UK manufacturing operations

Met British Fashion Council

To discuss the UK's business environment and support for the fashion sector

Met NIOA

To discuss NIOA’s proposed investment in a new UK munitions manufacturing facility

Met Meeting with beneficiaries of assistance programmes supporting girls and women in Moldova

To showcase UK humanitarian support assisting Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Moldova.

Met Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan

To discuss devolution of power and funding to London

Met HESTA

To discuss UK investment opportunities, and challenges for instiutional investors in the UK market

Met IFM Investors

To discuss UK-Australia investment collaboration, regional growth opportunities, housing investment and pension reform

Met AustralianSuper

To discuss AustralianSuper's UK portfolio and regional co-investment opportunities

Met Northern Ireland Fish Producers Organisation, The Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation, The National Inshore Fisheries Forum

To discuss challenges facing the fishing sector, including workforce and visa issues, access to fishing grounds, fuel costs, quotas and market pressures.

Met Director General (Threats) of the National Crime Agency (NCA)

To introduce the Minister and Director General

Met Siderise

To discuss the barriers small businesses face exporting.

Met JP Morgan

To discuss the company's presence in the UK and relevant Government policies

Met The University of Manchester

A meeting to discuss embedding Women�s Safety into the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.

Met Westminster City Council

To discuss homelessness in Westminster

Met British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Institute of Directors (IoD), Make UK, and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

To discuss Industrial Strategy delivery & One Year On plans

Met CBI; Concurrent Technologies; Clearbank; High Value Manufacturing Catapult; Allica Bank; Octopus Energy; BioIndustry Assoc; Oxford Quantum Circuits; Airbus; HSBC; Barclays; Foresight Group; BT; ARM

To discuss the CBI's 'Scale and Retain' initiative and how to support companies in the UK.

Met B Lab UK

To discuss the positive economic and wider contributions that B Corp companies are making

Met Visit to West Midlands Police, meeting with Acting Chief Constable and representative of West Midlands Jewish Community

Meeting to discuss Antisemitism

Met Tesco

To discuss the UK's business environment and plans for the UK.

Met Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Greater London Authority

Meeting to discuss preparations for May demonstrations

Met University of Strathclyde, Poverty Alliance, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Money Advice Scotland, Energy Action Scotland, Citizens Advice Scotland, Consumer Scotland, Advice Direct Scotland, StepChange, Christians Against Poverty, The Wise Group,

Energy Affordability roundtable discussion

Met Macquarie

To discuss Macquarie’s UK infrastructure portfolio

Met Seb Dance obo Mayor of London Vernon Everitt obo Mayor of Greater Manchester David Harris obo West Midlands Mayor Helen Ellerton obo Mayor of West Yorkshire Matt Reynolds obo Mayor of South Yorkshire Harry Doyle obo Mayor of Liverpool City Region Tobyn Hughes obo Northeast Mayor Tim Bellenger obo Mayor of East Midlands Emma Blackham obo Wast of England Mayor Jonathan Spruce obo Tees Valley Mayor

A roundtable on taxi and PHVs.

Met Trade Union Congress

To discuss the Health & Safety Review

Met Aware Super

To discuss UK investment opportunities in housing, clean energy and regional growth projects

Met Unison, Royal College of Nursing, NHS Alliance, Local Government Association, British Medical Association, National Voices

Introductory calls following appointment of new SofS

Met FGS Global

Roundtable discussion on Government priorities in Parliament

Met Optometric Fees Negotiating Committee (OFNC)

Meeting to discuss General Ophthalmic Service fees

Met Shell

To discuss the ongoing situation in the Middle East

Met Q-CTRL

To discuss Q-CTRL's proposed UK quantum technology expansion

Met Professor Thomas Brooks (Durham University)

Discuss Immigration Policy

Met United Uilities, Atom Bank, Environment Agency

To discuss Windemere

Met CBI, CBI London, Asda, Belfast Harbour Commissioners, Ulster Farmers' Union, Westland Horticulture, Musgrave Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, Division of Dawn Meats

Attended a roundtable with business and industry representatives in Northern Ireland to discuss the implementation of recent SPS arrangements and wider issues affecting trade, regulation and business operations.

Met Harvey Normann

To discuss Harvey Normann's UK retail expansion plans

Met Hatfield Vision Taskforce

To discuss the Women�s Health Strategy Renewal

Met Australian British Chamber of Commerce, HSBC, KPMG, Space Machines Company, HKA, Diageo, BHP, AI Assets, K39 Consulting, Laing O’Rourke, Jacobs, Commbank IQ

To discuss the UK-Australia economic partnership

Met Progressive Judaism

Discussion of Israel/Palestine

Met Independent Prevent Commissioner

Introductory meeting with the new Independent Prevent Commissioner to discuss his priorities

Met Nuclear Non-Governmental Organisation Forum (NGO Forum)

To discuss advanced nuclear technologies

Met bp

To discuss the ongoing situation in the Middle East

Met Australian Retirement Trust

To discuss ART's UK investment portfolio, regulatory stability, energy investment opportunities and prospects for increased Australian pension fund investment in the UK.

Met Oonagh Monkhouse and Steve Ned (AfC Co-Chairs)

To discuss workforce issues

Met British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS)

To discuss surplus sharing arrangements

Met Small Business Britain, Family Business UK, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the ScaleUp Institute, Enterprise Nation, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE), and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

To discuss business confidence and align senior business leaders behind a shared agenda of stability, pragmatic reform and growth, following the King’s Speech