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DSIT ministerial meetings, July to September 2025
Updated 16 December 2025
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-01 | Cohere | Meeting at the City Week conference to discuss progress made since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Cohere and the UK, and opportunities for AI in the UK public sector. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-02 | Rolls-Royce | Meeting to discuss Rolls Royce work on small modular reactors |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-02 | Shadow Robot | Meeting to discuss stakeholders experience of operating and scaling a tech company in the UK. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-02 | Metasonixx | Meeting to discuss stakeholders experience of operating and scaling a tech company in the UK. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-08 | Ofcom | Meeting with Melanie Dawes, Ofcom Chief Executive to discuss Ofcom's overall work as a regulator. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-08 | Startup Coalition | A fireside chat and audience Q&A at the Progressive Tech Summit |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-09 | Meta | Meeting with Meta to discuss announcement of AI Fellowships with the Alan Turing Institute |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-10 | David Henderson, CEO, Water UK | To discuss the role of water supply for the Government's AI strategy |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-15 | Science Creates | To discuss stakeholders experience of operating and scaling a tech company in the UK. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-15 | Octopus Energy | To discuss digital transformation of public services. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-16 | BBC –was attended by Tim Davie, Director-General; and Iain Bundred, Director of Policy & Public Affairs | To discuss digital inclusion and transformation. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-16 | Relx | To discuss the government's AI Action Plan and how RELX have developed and adopted AI. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-16 | Open AI, Meta, IETF AI Preferences Working Group, Cloudflare, Sony Music Entertainment, RELX, Amazon, Alliance for Intellectual Property, News Media Association, Publishers Association, Creative UK, BPI, Ivors Academy, British Film, Institure, UK Music, Pact, The Guardian, IP Federation, UK Interactive Entertainment, Royal Society, Disney, Nvidia, Newspaper Licensing Agency, Council of Music Makers, DCMS Secretary of State | First of three plenary sessions with AI and creative industry stakeholders on the issue of AI and copyright. This was jointly hosted with DCMS SoS |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-21 | OpenAI | MoU signing |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-22 | Ofcom | To sign a memorandum of understanding and discuss the UK AI industry |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-22 | Netmums | To discuss the Children's Codes, part of the Online Safety Act |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-23 | Human Native, Google, Synthesia, Microsoft, Center for Data Innovation, UK BioIndustry Association, Independent Soceity of Musiicians, Association of Photographers, Equity, Professional Publishers Association, British Copyright Council, Authors' Licensing and Collectiong Society, Design and Artists Copyright Society, Socety of Authors, News UK, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Fashion Innovation Agency, DCMS Secretary of State | Second of three plenary sessions with AI and creative industry stakeholders on the issue of AI and copyright. This was jointly hosted with DCMS SoS |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-23 | Lightspeed | To discuss semiconductors and opportunities for US-UK collaboration. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-23 | Amy Orben | To discuss children and smartphones |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-23 | Brookfield | To discuss company's focus on AI infrastructure investment |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-23 | Chemify | Meeting to discuss stakeholders experience of operating and scaling a tech company in the UK. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-24 | Meeting to discuss AI Opportunities, AI Copyright and regulatory frameworks. | |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-29 | Groq | Meeting to discuss compute strategy and UK investment |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-29 | Telescope (telescopegp.com) | Meeting to discuss critical and emerging technologies and talent |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-07-30 | Anthropic | Meeting to discuss AI. |
| Peter Kyle | 2025-09-04 | Universities UK | Attended Universities UK’s Conference in Exeter where he met Lisa Roberts (UoE president and VC, Vivienne Stern (Chief Exec UUK and Malcolm Press President UUK). He then visited the Exeter Innovation Spinout Showcase at the University of Exeter and the Met Office. |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-08 | National Cyber Security Centre | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-10 | Ofcom | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-10 | NSPCC | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-10 | Start Up Coalition | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-12 | IonQ, Oxford Ionics | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-12 | Apple | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-12 | ARM Holdings | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-12 | Nscale | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-12 | Meta | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-15 | BIA | Introductory call with Steve Bates BIA CEO in his capacity as incoming OLS Chair. |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-15 | Molly Rose Foundation | Introductory call following on from Ministerial reshuffle |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-16 | Mozilla, Cohere, Anthropic, Favulty AI, BBC, National Union of Journalists, Muscians' Union, Music Publishers Association, Writers' Guild of Great Britatin, Publishers' Licensing Services, OpenUK, TechUK, IBM, Startup Coalition, Getty Images, PRS for Music, Adobe, Financial Times, Computer & Communications Industry Association, BT, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Research Libraries UK, AHRC/UKRI, CoStar, British Library, Bectu, DCMS Secretary of State | Third of three plenary sessions with AI and creative industry stakeholders on the issue of AI and copyright. This was jointly hosted with DCMS SoS |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-16 | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK. | |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-17 | Nscale | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK. |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-17 | ARM Holdings | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK. |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-17 | Meta | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK. |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-09-17 | Amazon | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK. |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-02 | Local Government Association Chair | To discuss the ongoing relationship between dsit and the LGA Including collaboration on communities and AI |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-09 | Advai | To discuss AI assurance |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-11 | Diamond Light Source | Visit to OpenBind project |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-15 | Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys | To discuss the outcome of CIPA's Strategy Planning |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-17 | Cyber and Fraud Centre | Briefing on Cyber and Fraud Centre community network supporting businesses and providing cybersecurity services |
| Feryal Clark | 2025-07-21 | Local Government Association; Good Things Foundation; AgeUK; Citizens Advice Bureau; TUC; Centre for British Progress; Newton's Tree; Nesta; Jisc; King's Fund; Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Institute for the Future of Work; Ufi VocTech Trust; JUSTICE; Federation of Small Business; Institute for Government; Eastern Education Group; BCS; Which?; Ada Lovelace Institute; InnovateHer | To discuss public attitudes towards AI |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-10 | OpTrust | Discussion on AI and data centres |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-10 | Tramshedtech | To discuss AI adoption in Wales and forthcoming Wales Investment Summit |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-15 | AI Pathfinders | To discuss AI Infrastructure |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-16 | CoreWeave | To discuss AI infrastructue |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-16 | Nvidia | To discuss AI infrastructue |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-17 | Matt Clifford | To discuss UK AI priorities |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-17 | Ian Hogarth | To discuss UK AI priorities |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-19 | Deloitte | To discuss AI infrastructue |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-19 | David Sacks; Synthesia; Graphcore-AI; Cohere; Faculty; ElevenLabs; Nscale | Roundtable to discuss the UK and US's Tech Partnership |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-25 | Debbie Duncan & Sarah Smith MP | To discuss Debbie's experience of online harassment and the Online Safety Act. |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-25 | Groq | To discuss AI infrastructue |
| Kanishka Narayan | 2025-09-25 | Nscale | To discuss AI infrastructue and international investments |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-01 | Ofcom, VodafoneThree, BT | Mobile connectvity roundtable to discuss the challenges the industry faces in deploying infrastructure, alongside the steps that could be taken by them to improve coverage across the UK. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-02 | OpenReach | To discuss the gigabit rollout and Project Gigabit. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-03 | Cellnex | To meet with the global CEO of Cellnex to discuss mobile rollout in UK. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-07 | 8Dex | To understand commercial views on the potential of the Creative Content Exchange and potential collaborators on the role government should take to support data exchanges. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-07 | Trainline | To discuss how we can best develop and deliver the Government's Plan for Change in a way that supports your organisation and sector. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-14 | National Wealth Fund | To discuss the health of the fibre market. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-15 | European Space Agency | An introductory meeting with the Director General to discuss the UK Government's interests in ESA's 2025 negotiations and long-term strategy for the Space sector. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-16 | Octoenergy, Pearson, WPP, Unilever, VodafoneThree, Mitie, Pinewood Group, | Data Exchanges Roundtable to discuss the role the UK Government should take in facilitating the development of data exchanges in the UK. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-08-01 | OpenReach | To discuss barriers to gigabit rollout. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-09-01 | BT/EE | To discuss mobile and fixed coverage in the UK and steps the Government can take to support rollout. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-09-03 | European Space Agency | To provide an update on the UK Government's position in ESA's 2025 negotiations. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-09-04 | VMO2 | To discuss mobile coverage and rollout of 5G Standalone |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-01 | Ofcom, VodafoneThree, BT | Mobile connectvity roundtable to discuss the challenges the industry faces in deploying infrastructure, alongside the steps that could be taken by them to improve coverage across the UK. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-02 | OpenReach | To discuss the gigabit rollout and Project Gigabit. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-03 | Cellnex | To meet with the global CEO of Cellnex to discuss mobile rollout in UK. |
| Chris Bryant | 2025-07-07 | 8Dex | To understand commercial views on the potential of the Creative Content Exchange and potential collaborators on the role government should take to support data exchanges. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-01 | CMR Surgical | To see CMR Surgical's technology. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-01 | Bristol Myers Squibb | To discuss BMS UK plans |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-02 | Johnson and Johnson | To discuss data in healthcare |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-02 | UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | To discuss research organisations. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-03 | Royal Society, Oxford Instruments plc, UKQuantum, Amadeus, HSBC | Delivering a brief ministerial welcome to the Quantum Strategic Advisory Board. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-04 | Health Data Research UK | To discuss HDRS |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-07 | Electoral Commission | To discuss various topics including regulation and the wider digital space. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-07 | Ellison Institute of Technology | To discuss healthcare |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-07 | BioNTech | To discuss the Life Sciences Sector Plan |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-07 | Google Deepmind | To discuss modelling applications |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-07 | Wellcome Leap | To discuss human health |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-08 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) | To discuss KAUST's work in the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-08 | ARM Holdings | To discuss collaboration around skills initiatives through the UK Semiconductor Centre. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-08 | The Chatterjee Group, Wellcome | To discuss S&T in India and the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-08 | Microsoft | To discuss AI and how the UK can position itself to be at the forefront, particularly in relation to adoption. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-09 | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research | To discuss NC3Rs work |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-09 | Ellison Medical Institute | To discuss life sciences |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-11 | Oxford University | To discuss the work of Oxford University |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-11 | Advanced Oxford, Harwell, EIT, Oxford University, Evox Therapeutics, Sitryx | To discuss growth in Oxford |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-14 | Nanoco Technologies | To discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-14 | 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 |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-18 | Understanding Animal Research (UAR), Sequani, Lapcorp UK, Charles River, Marshall Bio Resources | To discuss life sciences |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-21 | Protas | To discuss life sciences sector in the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-28 | ConvaTec Group plc | To discuss investment opportunities across R&D and manufacturing |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-28 | Sense about Science | To discuss the promotion of public engagement in science. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-29 | University of Oxford | Discussion around current developments in artificial intelligence policy |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-29 | Flogas Britain, Calor, Avantigas | To discuss LPG supply |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-30 | Imperial College | To discuss the venture fund and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-30 | Gates Foundation | To discuss the use of AI for medicines discovery and development |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-07-31 | Teenage Cancer Trust | To discuss access to clinical trials |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-08-19 | Serendipity Capital | To discuss challenges and opportunities in the UK Quantum ecosystem |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-08-20 | Universities UK | To discuss the future of universities |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-08-20 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | To discuss UK life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-08-20 | Bioindustry Association | To discuss London Life Sciences week |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-08-28 | AstraZeneca | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-01 | Eli Lilly | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-01 | Bioindustry Association | To discuss London Life Sciences week |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-02 | The Open University | Introduction to the Vice Chancellor |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-02 | BioYorkshire | To reaffirm HMG's support for regional innovation clusters and enabling technologies such as Engineering Biology |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-03 | Helfie | To discuss the UK life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-03 | University of Cambridge | Discussion on the developments in Cambridge |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-08 | SynBiCITE, Extracellular, Biome Technologies, AstraZeneca, Potter Clarkson, C3 Biotech | Quarterly roundtable to discuss engineering biology in the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-04 | Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) | To discuss UK and US life sciences |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-11 | Paragraf | To discuss the semiconductor sector. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-11 | Wellcome Trust | To discuss HDRS and related projects |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-11 | UK BioBank | To discuss data use |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-17 | 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. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-17 | University of Oxford | To discuss progress on HDRS |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-17 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-17 | Stanford University | To discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-17 | Marshall BioResources | To discuss the life sciences sector in the UK |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-23 | Playground Global | To discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-24 | Touchlight | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-24 | The Francis Crick Institute | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-25 | University of Oxford | Discussion around current developments in artificial intelligence policy. |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-25 | Bicycle Therapeutics, Danaher | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-25 | Flagship Pioneering UK | To discuss the life sciences sector |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-25 | Prologis | To discuss opportunities in S&T |
| Patrick Vallance | 2025-09-26 | Universities UK | Introduction to the president of Universities UK |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-02 | Sophie Huskisson, Political Correspondent, The Mirror and Steph Spyro, Deputy Political Editor, The Express | To discuss online safety |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-03 | Haleon | To celebrate the groundbreaking on their Global Oral Health Innovation Centre in Weybridge |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-08 | AI for Good UK Reception - Attendees included governments, industry and civil society | To bring together experts to accelerate international collaboration to shape the future of AI |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-15 | Centre for Countering Digital Hate Panel (MP for Southport, Met Police Counter Terrorism Unit, Ofcom, CCDH) | To discuss the role of social media in the Southport disorder and steps that have been taken to address this |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-23 | TechUK, UK Finance, Victim Support, National Trading Standards, British Retail Consortium, Google, Youtube, Meta, Communciations Crime Strategy Group | To discuss tackling fraud |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-24 | VictimFocus - Dr Jessica Taylor | To discuss online safety |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-07-28 | PlayStation and Sony | To discuss new parental controls, artificial intelligence, and creative industry skills development |
| Maggie Jones | 2025-09-02 | Katja Faber | To discuss dating apps and violent criminals |
| Ian Murray | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Liz Lloyd | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |