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DfT ministerial external meetings, April to June 2026
Updated 28 September 2026
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-01 | Volkswagen | to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-01 | BMW | to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-01 | ChargeUK | to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-01 | Toyota | to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-15 | Heathrow, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic | to discuss jet fuel supply |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-28 | TSSA | to discuss the transition to Great British Railways |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-30 | IAG | to discuss jet fuel supply and the impact of the war in the Middle East on the aviation industry |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-04-30 | Heathrow, Gatwick, MAG Airports, Edinburgh Airport, Birmingham Airport, British Airways, EasyJet, Jet2, Virgin Atlantic, Loganair, Ryanair, AirportsUK, AirlinesUK, AICES | to discuss jet fuel supply and the impact of the war in the Middle East on the aviation industry |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-05-12 | Arora Group | to discuss the work of Arora Group |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-06-24 | GMB | to discuss taxi and private hire vehicle policy |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-06-25 | Salvation Army | to thank them for their work during the EMR train collision |
| Heidi Alexander | 2026-06-25 | Red Cross | to thank them for their work during the EMR train collision |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-14 | Dr Claire Howard, Chair of Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Visual Disorders | To discuss eyesight tests and older drivers. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-16 | Cycling UK Walk, Wheel, Cycle Trust Bicycle Association British Cycling Living Streets Bikeability Trust Transport for London Local Government Association Campaign for Better Transport Urban Transport Group Transport Consultant – Phil Jones Associates Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee | A quarterly discussion with the Active Travel Stakeholder Advisory Group. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-16 | Andy Byrne, Global Head of Public Policy at Uber | A meeting on VAT on PHV Fares, reforms under English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and Automated Vehicles. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-21 | Chris Bose, The ABI, (Roundtable Chair), Director of General Insurance & International Accenture Allianz Aviva AXA Ross Moorlock, Brake, CEO Direct Line Group Nick Evans, Drive Commander, Director Esure Nick Lyes, I AM RoadSmart, Policy & Standards Director Keoghs Angus Eaton, Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), CEO MIB National Highways National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) Jamie Hassall, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), Executive Director Steve Gooding, RAC Foundation, Foundation Director James Gibson, Road Safety GB, Executive Director Road Safety Trust ROSPA Saga Tendo Consulting Thatcham Research Stuart Lovatt, Tyre Safe, Director and Chair | Attended and spoke at a Motor Insurance Roundtable hosted the Association of British Insurers. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-21 | Dame Sarah Storey | A meeting to discuss the Highway Code. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-04-30 | Felicity Oswald OBE, CEO of Girlguiding | A meeting to discuss how Girlguiding can make public transport safer for girls and young women. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-05-14 | 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. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-05-14 | The University of Manchester | A meeting to discuss embedding Women’s Safety into the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-05-19 | David Patterson, City of Wolverhampton Council Danielle Shore, Manchester City Council Guide Dogs GMB Licensed Private Hire Car Association Uber Addison Lee Freenow Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association Institute of Licensing | A roundtable on taxi and PHVs. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-05-21 | Bobby Colleran Trust | An informal discussion at the Bobby Colleran Trust while on a ministerial visit having undertaken a road safety assembly at a school in Liverpool. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-06-02 | Emma Lingley-Clark, CEO of Suzy Lamplugh Trust Transport for London Unite Local Government Association National Private Hire & Taxi Association Alan Pogorzelec - Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Bolt Veezu Urban Transport Group Transport for All | A roundtable on taxi and PHVs. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-06-04 | IAM RoadSmart | An interview with the road safety charity IAM RoadSmart for a future magazine. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-06-15 | Lizzy Gummer, Deputy Director, Police Powers Unit (Roads Policing), Home Office (attending on behalf of Sarah Jones MP) Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Ministry of Justice Edward Scully, Director of Primary and Community Health Care, Department of Health and Social Care (attending on behalf of Stephen Kinnock MP) Stuart Glassborow, Director, Infrastructure and Growth, HM Treasury (attending on behalf of Lord Spencer Livermore) George Henry, Head of Unit for Road Policy and Safety, Scottish Government (attending on behalf of Stephen Flynn MSP) Mark Hooper MS, Deputy Minister for Transport, Welsh Government Tim Moss CBE, Chief Executive, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Beverley Warmington, Chief Executive, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Chris Boardman CBE, National Active Travel Commissioner and Chair of the Active Travel England Board Commander Kyle Gordon, Metropolitan Police Service; National Police Chiefs’ Council (Roads Policing Portfolio) (attending on behalf of Chief Constable Jo Shiner) Nick Joyce, Chief Executive, National Highways Darren Divall, Chair, Working Group on Road Safety, Urban Transport Group; Transport for West Midlands Nicola Foster, Chair, Road Safety GB | A meeting of the National Road Safety Board. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-06-22 | Local Government Association Lucy D’Orsi, Chief Constable, British Transport Police Graham Vidler, Chief Executive Officer, Confederation of Passenger Transport Transport for West Midlands West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport for Greater Manchester Network Rail South Yorkshire Combined Authority West of England Combined Authority Liverpool City Region North East Mayoral Combined Authority Urban Transport Group Active Travel England | A stakeholder roundtable to discuss Personal Safety on Public Transport. |
| Lilian Greenwood | 2026-06-24 | Gary Smith, General Secretary, GMB Union | A meeting with the Secretary of State to discuss taxi and PHVs. |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-14 | Trainline | To discuss the Railways Bill and Great British Railways (GBR) retailing proposals with retailing proposals with Trainline, |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-14 | British Transport Police | Meeting to discuss the BTP |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-14 | Great British Railfreight, Infracapital | To discuss freight within the Railways Bill |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-15 | Keith Wallace | To discuss international rail opportunities, partnerships and investment. |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-16 | Anthony Smith | To discuss rail retailing reforms under the Railways Bill and gather stakeholder views on the future of ticket sales and passenger retail services. |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-23 | Steve Murphy | To provide updates on AIF rail |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-04-23 | Angel Trains | To discuss Rolling Stock within the Railways Billl |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-05-12 | Heavy Haul Rail, Great British Railfreight, Deutschebahn, freightliner, heavy haul rail, maritime transport, rail freight group, colas rail | To update all railfreight operators on the Railways Bill |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-05-21 | John Kingman Chat | Meeting to discuss |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-06-02 | Association of British Commuters | Meeting to discuss accessibility issues on the Railways and how the Railways Bill will improve that |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-06-03 | Trenitalia | To discuss the bid from TrenItalia to run international trains from the UK |
| Lord Hendy | 2026-06-25 | High Speed 2 | Monthly catch up to discuss progress with High Speed 2 |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-04-15 | Unite Union | Joint meeting with Department for Business & Trade to discuss British bus manufacturing. |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-04-23 | Pothole Partnership: AA, British Cycling, JCB, British Motorcycle Federation | Pothole Partnership meeting to discuss improvement of highway maintenance. |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-04-27 | Mayor Paul Bristow - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss the Major Road Network (MRN) funding. |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-04-28 | Bolt | Meeting to discuss Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-04-28 | Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance & Commissioner for Transport for London (TFL), Andy Lord - Greater London Authority (GLA) & Transport for London (TFL). | Meeting to discuss Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and the Structures Fund. |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-05-13 | Mayor Claire Ward - East Midlands Combined Authority | Joint meeting with HM Treasury to discuss Major Road Network (MRN) schemes in the East Midlands. |
| Simon Lightwood | 2026-06-15 | The Bicycle Association | Meeting to discuss electrically-assisted pedal cycles batteries. |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-14 | UK Chamber of Shipping | To discuss the UK Chamber of Shipping's key priorities and introduce new chair |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-14 | Zodiac Maritime | Introductory meeting to discuss UK shipping and seafarers and future sustainability technologies |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-14 | NatPower Marine | To discuss shore power projects and future plans for further maritime decarbonisation |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-14 | Heathrow Airport, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways | Meeting to discuss impacts on Middle East crisis on jet fuel |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-20 | Berge Bulk | To discuss transport decarbonisation and sustainable fuels. |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-21 | Neste | To discuss transport decarbonisation and sustainable fuels. |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-22 | Rolls Royce, Airbus | To discuss transport decarbonisation and sustainable fuels. |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-23 | EV battery supply roundtable | Roundtable to discuss EV market in Indonesia |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-28 | Maritime Transport | Meeting to discuss barriers to multi-modal freight, modal shift, freight decarbonisation and eHGVs |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-28 | Volvo | To discuss the ZEV mandate and the Electric Car Grant |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-28 | Fuels Industry UK | Introductory meeting to discuss preventing refinery closures and resilience of the UK fuel sector |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-29 | Transport Focus | To discuss HGV parking, EV charge point accessibility for disabled drivers and Railways Bill |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-29 | Heathrow Reimagined | Meeting on concerns around the cost of Heathrow expansion |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-30 | Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Manchester Airport Group (MAG), Edinburgh Airport, Birmingham Airport, British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Virgin Atlantic, Loganair, Ryanair, AirportsUK, Airlines UK, Association of International Courier & Express Services (AICES), Aviation Services UK, National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) | Roundtable meeting on aviation resilience during the Middle East conflict |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-30 | Believ, BP, Charge UK, DHL, Electrify Britain, Ford, Nissan, Octopus Energy, Openreach, Stonehaven, Volvo UK | Roundtable meeting to discuss sustaining momentum in EV uptake and developing infrastructure, investment and industrial capability to deliver in scale |
| Keir Mather | 2026-04-30 | Heathrow Airport | To discuss progress on Heathrow expansion |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-12 | Tesla UK | To discuss the governments goals for decarbonisation |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-12 | Braemar | To discuss regulation of the ship brokering industry and maritime sanctions enforcement |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-12 | BP | Introductory meeting to discuss shared ambitions for EV markets and SAF mandate obligations |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-12 | Carnival UK | To discuss tourism priorities, cruise industry growth and decarbonisation |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-18 | Saronic | To discuss potential UK investment plans |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-19 | Virgin Atlantic | To discuss Jet Zero Taskforce Expert Group updates, decarbonisation issues and Heathrow expansion |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-20 | Amazon UK | To discuss future drone operations and potential regulatory barriers |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-20 | UK Transport in Europe | To discuss transport connectivity with Europe |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-21 | Forth Ports | Meeting during visit to Port of Tilbury |
| Keir Mather | 2026-05-21 | Merchant Navy Welfare Board | Discussion of work of MNWB |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-02 | TUI | Introductory meeting to discuss current trading challenges and TUI's role in the aviation sector |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-02 | Prospect, NATS | To discuss a regulatory pension contribution issue |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-03 | Portsmouth International Port | Discussion of port operations and plans on the occasion of a visit |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-09 | Council for the Independent Scrutiny of Heathrow Airport (CISHA) | To discuss the impact of Heathrow expansion on local villages |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-16 | Carbon Capture Storage Association | To discuss the role of non-pipeline CO2 transport solutions |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-16 | UK Maritime Pilots Association | Introductory meeting to discuss the work of maritime pilots and national waterway safety and security |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-17 | British Sugar | To discuss their SAF project and the policy roadmap for SAF |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-23 | Manchester Airports Group (MAG), Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, Jet2, Airlines UK, Airports UK, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Association of International Courier & Express Services (AICES), Aviation Services UK, National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) | Roundtable meeting with aviation industry representatives to discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandate, the current jet fuel supply situation, and slot allocation SI. |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-24 | Cruise Lines Industry Association (CLIA) | To discuss UK cruise sector growth, the UK cruise growth plan and decarbonisation |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-24 | Virgin Atlantic | Introductory meeting to discuss operational issues at Heathrow, future growth and expansion plans and Heathrow expansion |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-24 | Oil Companies International Marine Forum, Shell, BP, Lloyds Market Association, Zodiac Maritime, Northern Marine, UK Chamber of Shipping, International Chamber of Shipping, Intertanko, Maersk | Roundtable meeting to discuss Middle East developments with the shipping industry |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-30 | British Airways | Introductory meeting to discuss Middle East trading issues, Heathrow expansion, sustainable aviation fuels targets and slots alleviation |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-30 | Getlink | To discuss resilience plans for EES disruption over the summer |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-30 | Port of Dover | To discuss resilience plans for EES disruption over the summer |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-30 | Cummins | To discuss low and zero emission technologies in the heavy-duty transport sector |
| Keir Mather | 2026-06-30 | RMT | To discuss UK ratings training, employment levels, and tonnage tax training obligations |