Ministers' Meetings

Met CLP Envirogas, Infinis, Energy Development UK Limited, CT Group

Meeting to discuss and understand industry opinions on the Renewable Obligations scheme

Met Durkan; Aviva Investors

To discuss remediation works on Union Park�

Met Brian Leveson

Meeting to discuss the Leveson Review

Met Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

To discuss selective licensing and the Renters' Rights Bill

Met Thames Estuary Growth Board

To discuss future funding of the pan-regional partnership

Met Stoke on Trent City Council

To discuss the upcoming Spending Review

Met Greater London Authority; Greater Manchester Combined Authority; West Midlands Combined Authority; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority; West of England Combined Authority; Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; East Midlands Combined County Authority; York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority; North East Combined Authority; Knowsley Council; Birmingham City Council; South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority; West Yorkshire Combined Authority; City of York Council

To discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation

Meeting to discuss Animal Welfare Strategy, Minister's portfolio was discussed

Met ‘Our Future, Our Voice’: Festival of Childhood

Networking with youth justice stakeholders at youth event with Secretary of State for Education

Met Port of Tyne

Meeting with the Chair to discuss NED hiring processes

Met First Light Fusion

To discuss fusion in the UK

Met British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

To discuss ongoing collaborative work between DSIT and the BVCA and to share insights and hear updates on the BVCA's work supporting ongoing pensions reforms

Met Nanoco Technologies

To discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy

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 Uswitch

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

Met Nanoco Technologies, Quantum Dice, University of Sheffield, Southampton Cornerstone, Clas-SiC, Cadence, Solid State PLC, KLA, Arm, Pragmatic, Intel, IQE

Semiconductor Advisory panel meeting to discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy

Met Scottish Power Renewables

To discuss allocation rounds, supply chains, and industrial strategy

Met Lockheed Martin

To discuss HMG's recent announcements on defence spending and the role of foreign direct investment in the defence and security sector

Met Implement AI

To discuss AI adoption, its challenges and opportunities, how HMG can support this and where investment is required

Met Arcadis

To discuss data centres, with particular regard to net zero, opportunities for community benefit (such as district heating), and the AI Growth Zones Plan

Met Scottish Financial Enterprise, Blackrock, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development Capital, Jeffries Investment Bank, Kyndryl, Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh University, Citi, Encompass, Walter Scott, BNP Paribas, FinTech Scotland, Santander, CapCo, Synechron, KPMG, Clearwater Analytics, Ascent Platform

To discuss the financial services industry and US investment into Scotland

Met Harper Collins

To discuss invesment into Scotland for the publishing industry

Met Warburg Pincus

To discuss investment into the UK

Met Clayton, Dubilier and Rice

To discuss invesment into UK financial services

Met Take-Two Interactive

To discuss investment into the UK creative industries industry

Met The Anti-Corruption Foundation

To discuss the work of the Anti-Corruption Foundation

Met Tata

To discuss the company's transformation project in Port Talbot

Met Croda

To discuss US tariffs and the company's operations in the UK

Met Commonwealth Secretariat

To explore the priorities of the incoming Secretary-General

Met British Chamber of Commerce Uganda Members

To discuss the newly launched British Chamber of Commerce and business environment in Uganda.

Met Commonwealth Secretariat

To explore the priorities of the incoming Secretary-General

Met Freeths Law Firm

To discuss Post Office matters

Met Environmental Street Furniture, Family Business UK, Creative Nature, James Lister & Sons Limited, Answer Digital, Pall Mall Barbers, Informed Solutions, OLIO, Crowd Property, John Williams Heating Services Ltd, Jomas Associates, Sunamp, ScaleUp Institute, Association for the Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE), Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Pub Culture, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), The Turmeric Co, Enterprise Nation, D-Drill (Master Drillers Ltd), Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC).

To discuss key pillars underpinning the Small Business Strategy

Met Maria Corina Machado

To discuss the situation in Venezuela.

Met Unite

To discuss US trade policy

Met Trades Union Congress

To discuss US trade policy

Met GMB

To discuss US trade policy

Met Community

To discuss US trade policy

Met Competition and Markets Authority

Visit to the Competition and Markets Authority to meet with the CMA’s Senior Leadership Team and discuss priorities for competition and consumers

Met The Smallest Things, Bliss, Working Families

Meeting with representatives from the charities and families who have experience of having children in neonatal care to discuss the impact the introduction of Neonatal Care Leave and Pay

Met Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

Attended conference to discuss (Voluntary Pricing Acess and Growth)VPAG

Met Fawcett Society

Formal introduction and discussion about the government's ambitions to support all women and gain further insight into the priorities and concerns of a significant sector stakeholder

Met Representatives from various higher education institutions

To hear from sector leaders about student safety and their view of the Safer Streets mission and Office for Students Refistration Condition

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 Pump Court Tax Chambers

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

Met Burges Salmon

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

Met institute for Fiscal Studies (conference at Oxford)

To make a keynote speech on the corporation tax roadmap

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.