Ministers' Meetings

Met Vodafone

To discuss Vodafone's business plans and the UK telecoms industry

Met Automotive Council/JLR

Discussed the UK automotive sector and US tariffs

Met Royal College of Surgeons

To discuss the sexual safety of the NHS workforce

Met The Patients Association

To discuss priorities for elective care and patient experience

Met Families impacted by maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

To discuss maternity services

Met Caretech, International Hotel Group, Solar Energy, Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Business in the Community, Aviva, Deloitte, Amey, Five Guys, UK Hospitality

Met as a roundtable as part of the Keep Britain Working Review to discuss interim findings and hear from disabled employees about the support they�ve received

Met Victim Support Office

Meeting to discuss Fraud

Met Relationships Project

Meeting to discuss the ongoing work of the Relationships Project and the importance of relational practice within the civil service.

Met Ferrero

To discuss Ferrero's business plans in the UK

Met West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Meeting to discuss progress to date including Jobs and Careers Service Pathfinder and readiness to launch the Health Trailblazer in West Yorkshire

Met Kammac, UK Warehousing Association, Road to Logistics, Road Haulage Association, Logistics UK, Wincanton, GXO Logistics, Granby Market Services Limited, Dalsey Hillblom and Lynn, Howard Tenens Logistics

Logistics Recruitment Innovation Workshop and discussion on Get Britain Working

Met Geordie Greig, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent

To discuss the Government’s activity and priorities

Met Panmure Liberum, Simon French, Chief Economist and Head of Research

To discuss pensions investment and UK capital markets.

Met Pensions Lifetime Savings Association and Association of British Insurers and City of London Corporation.

To discuss ways to drive increased productive investment in the pensions sector.

Met OEUK

To discuss next steps following publication of the Oil and Gas Price Mechanism Consultation.

Met PsiQuantum

To discuss quantum computing, infrastructure, and UK-US collaboration.

Met Innovate Cambridge, Cambridge Ahead, Cambridge Growth Company, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University Health Partners, ARM, Entrepreneur and Investor, Amadeus Investments, Cambridge Enterprise, OxCam Supercluster, Cambridge Innovation Capital, AstraZeneca UK.

To discuss innovation and growth in the Oxford Cambridge Growth Corridor.

Met Brett Carter, University of Southern California; Erin Carter, University of Southern California; Dipanjan Deb, Francisco Partners; Drew Endy, Stanford and Hoover Institution; Martin Giles, Hoover Institution; Siegfried Glenzer, Stanford; Andy Grotto, Stanford; Drew Guevara, Morgan Stanley; Nicholas Harris, Lightmatter; Katie Haun, Haun Ventures; Norbert Holtkamp, SLAC and Hoover Institution; Marc Jones, Aeris Communications; Mykel Kochenderfer, Stanford; Keith Krach, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue; David Krane, GV; Max Lamparth, Stanford; Herb Lin, Stanford and Hoover Institution; Enrique Lores, HP Inc.; James Manyika, Google; Ann Mather, Netflix; Allison Okamura, Stanford and Hoover Institution; Ruth Porat, Alphabet and Google; Anka Reuel, Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford; Kang Shen, Stanford; Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures; Allan Thygesen, Docusign; Glenn Tiffert, Hoover Institution; Robin Washington, Salesforce, Inc.; David Wehner, Meta; Amy Zegart, Hoover Institution and Stanford.

Roundtable with representatives from industry and academia to discuss science and tech, including support for research, regulation, UK-US collaboration, tech adoption, infrastructure, and growth.

Met Newcastle City Council

To discuss initiatives and strategies for local development, public sector reform, and health and social care in Newcastle.

Met Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances, British Retail Consortium

Introductory meeting to discuss energy labelling and ecodesign regulations

Met Association of Local Energy Officers, Committee on Fuel Poverty, Country Land and Business Association, E3G, Generation Rent, Historic England, Large Agents Representation Group, Local Government Association, National Energy Action, National Trust, Property Energy Professionals Association, Propertymark

Roundtable discussion on the Government's consultation on improving the minimum energy efficiency standards of the private rented sector and the enforcement of upgrading properties

Met Bristol City Council, Carbon Co-op, Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group, Energy Networks Association, Innovate UK, Installation Assurance Authority, Living Places, London Councils, National Infrastructure Commission, National Retrofit Hub, National Wealth Fund, Nesta, People Powered Retrofit, Rossendale Valley Energy, South West Net Zero Hub, UK Green Building Council, WeCanMake, West Midlands Combined Authority

Roundtable discussion on the potential delivery models of the Warm Homes Plan

Met Lazard

To discuss how to have better collaboration between industry and government in the AI and Energy space.

Met National Farmers Union, CropLife, Nature Friendly Farming Network, RSPB, Pesticides Action Network, Bug Life, The Wildlife Trusts

Meeting to discuss the national action plan on pesticides

Met Equador Ambassador

Attended meeting to discuss international marine policy

Met Genoa Ventures; DCVC; Pillar VC; Playground Global; ULux; AIX Ventures; 50 Years; Federov Capital; NFX; Prof Drew Endy, Stanford; John Cumbers, SynBioBeta

Roundtable with representatives from Venture Capital firms and academia to discuss engineering biology, UK-US collaboration, investment, regulation, and access to health data.

Met Greater Manchester Mayoral Authority, East Midlands Mayoral Authority, Liverpool City Region Mayoral Authority, West of England Mayoral Authority, Tees Valley Mayoral Authority, London Mayoral Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Authority, York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Authority, West Midlands Mayoral Authority

To discuss support for delivering community clean energy projects and Great British Energy announcements

Met Lightspeed Ventures

To discuss tech investment in the UK.

Met North Sea Transition Authority Board

To discuss the North Sea consultation, licensing, and a need for a concrete plan for the industry

Met Valliant

Visit to a Valliant open hot water cylinder plant in Derby

Met Svitzer

Discussed North Sea Collision

Met Association of Directors of Environment Economy Planning & Transport, Essex County Council, Hampshire Council, Suffolk County Council, Surrey County Council, West Berkshire County Council, West Sussex County Council, Wiltshire Council, Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership

Roundtable discussion as part of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning, & Transport's Energy & Clean Growth Board meeting

Met Professor Katrin Hohl

Discussed Victims And Crime and Crime and Persecution Bill

Met Resolution Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, University of Cambridge, Shared Ownership Council, TheCityUK, UK Finance, Building Societies Association, Savills, Houseful, Builtplace, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Skipton Building Society, Bank of England, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, University College London, Homes England

Roundtable to discuss ideas to increase homeownership amongst first time buyers.

Met UK Law Firms

To meet with UK law firms in Chicago ahead of the GREAT legal services campaign

Met MBDA

Routine catchup

Met Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Introduction to the work of Cognizant

Met Vantage

To discuss AI, energy, and digital infrastructure.

Met Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Discussion around the CAA priorities letter, regulation of Future of Flight technologies, the H8 process and Ned Recruitment

Met Quasar Energy

Introduction meeting to understand Quasars proposed plan in relations to small Modular reactors

Met OpenAI

To discuss AI, digital infrastructure, and the digital transformation of the public sector.

Met Charging Infrastructure Accessibility Roundtable

To meet and hear feedback from stakeholders involved in delivering accessible electric vehicle chargepoints on the public charging network for users with diabilities, and to hear how this can be facilitated and accelerated.

Met New Horizon Youth Centre

To discuss youth homelessness.

Met Wellcome Leap, CEPI

To discuss the Wellcome Leap programme.

Met Victims Commissioner

Discussed Victims Code

Met Aviation Futures Forum

Roundtable discussion on the Future of Flight industry, emerging technologies and the role of the RIO

Met Rigetti Computing

To discuss quantum computing and UK-US collaboration.

Met Groq

To discuss AI, energy, and digital infrastructure.

Met Isomorphic

To discuss AI, UK-US collaboration and access to health data.

Met Jigar Shah

To discuss international climate finance