## Department For Business, Innovation And Skills 01 October 2014 - 31 December 2014

 
GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 
 
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the 
Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister 
of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston  
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140)    
Nil return 


Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Matthew 
Hancock MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Minister of State for Skills and Equalities working jointly with the 
Department for Education, Nick Boles MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value (over £140) 
Nil return 


| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----------|--------------|
| GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140                                                  |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the |         |           |              |
| Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP                                   |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and        |         |           |              |
| Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP      |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston                 |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and       |         |           |              |
| Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations,            |         |           |              |
| Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP                                          |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working          |         |           |              |
| jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon          |         |           |              |
| Matthew Hancock MP                                                        |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Minister of State for Skills and Equalities working jointly with the      |         |           |              |
| Department for Education, Nick Boles MP                                   |         |           |              |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
| From                                                                      | Gift    | Value     | Outcome      |
|                                                                           |         |           |              |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly  |         |           |              |
| with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP                          |         |           |              |
| Date gift                                                                 |         |           |              |
| received                                                                  |         |           |              |
| Nil return                                                                |         |           |              |
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## Overseas Travel

Date(s) of 
trip 
Destination   Purpose of trip 
'Scheduled' 
or No 32 (The Royal) Squadron' or 'other RAF' or 'Charter' or 'Eurostar'   
India, Delhi, Goa, Pune, Chennai 
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP 
09 October - 
16 October 
To attend British Business Group India event, meet with Indian Ministers and  
Confederation of 
Indian Industry. 
Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP 
11 November - 14 
November 
India, Delhi 
To increase bilateral cooperation between UK and India. 
01 December - 02 December 
Luxembourg 
To attend European Space Agency Ministerial Meeting 
Sweden, Stockholm 
To attend Nobel Prize Ceremony 
10 December 
- 11 December 
USA, Boston, New York 
Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston  
05 October - 
10 October 
To attend a number of events, promote UK Trade and Investment and to meet with Senior Government Ministers  
 
Japan, Toyko, Osaka 
25 October - 
30 October 
To launch GREAT Week in Tokyo, promote British business and meet with senior Government Ministers 
04 November 
Kazakhstan, Astana 
Attend and speak at the UK - 
Total cost 
including travel and accommodation of Minister only 
Number of 
officials accompanying Minister, where nonscheduled travel is used    
Scheduled 
N/A 
£5,475 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£5,421 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£988 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£644 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£4,778 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£6004 
Scheduled 
N/A 
£2,288 
- 06 November 
Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Commission (IGC)  
Belgium, 
Brussels 
12 
November - 13 
November 
To host have an 
introductory call with the new EU trade Commissioner and bilateral meetings and host dinner with MEP's 
France, 
Paris 
03 
December - 04 
December 
To meet French 
Trade Minister Matthias Fekl; host a dinner with potential 
investors; speak at a Special forces table top exhibition, lunch with senior figures from the Franco- British business 
community. 
18 December 
Belgium, Brussels 
Accompany the PM to a TTIP meeting and lunch in Brussels 
Belgium, Brussels 
To attend Foreign Affairs Council 
(Trade) 
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE 
20 November 
- 21 November 
Belgium, Brussels 
03 December - 04 December 
To attend the Competitiveness 
Council 


Switzerland, Geneva 
To speak at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP 
02 December - 03 
December 
2014 
Japan, Tokyo, Nagoya 
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP 
06 October - 
10 October 
To attend business, investment and energy meetings and events. 
| N/A       | £470         | Scheduled    |
|-----------|--------------|--------------|
| and       |              |              |
| Eurostar  |              |              |
| Eurostar  | N/A          | £250         |
| Charter,  |              |              |
| Eurostar  |              |              |
| N/A       | Costs met by |              |
| No.10     |              |              |
| N/A       | £250         | Eurostar &   |
| Scheduled |              |              |
| Eurostar  | N/A          | £211         |
| Scheduled | N/A          | £150         |
| Scheduled | N/A          | £7,625       |
Nick Boles MP 
Nil return 


To promote UK 
trade and investment  
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP 
05 
October - 
10 October 
United 
States; Chicago, Boston, San Diego, Los Angeles 
Name of organisation  
Type of hospitality received¹ HOSPITALITY Date of hospitality Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the 
Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP  
29 October 
Sky News 
Lunch 
03 November 
Mike Darcey, Mark Burr, News UK, David Dinsmore, The Sun 
08 November 
Rugby Football Union 
Rugby tickets and afternoon tea for 2  
10 November 
The Guardian 
Lunch 
Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP 
27 November 
Times Higher Education Awards 
17 December 
Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP, Aston 
University, University of 
Birmingham, Birmingham 
City University, University 
College Birmingham, 
Newman University 
Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston  
02 October 
North East Chamber of Commerce 
07 October  
British-American Business Council  
08 October  
British-American Business Council 
09 October  
British-American Business Council 
23 October  
Siemens 
Breakfast  
27 October  
British Chamber of Commerce in Japan 
28 October  
GlaxoSmithKline 
Breakfast  
30 October  
Hong Kong Trade Development Council 
04 November  
Institute of Directors 
Lunch  
18 November  
Talk Talk 
Breakfast  
26 November  
Pi Capital  
Breakfast  
Scheduled 
N/A 
£1,243 
Lunch Dinner Dinner 
Lunch Lunch Dinner Breakfast Lunch Dinner 
| 27 November                                                               | British Chamber of         |
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| Commerce                                                                  |                            |
| 04 December                                                               |                            |
| HSBC                                                                      |                            |
| (Paris)                                                                   |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| Lunch                                                                     |                            |
| 16 December                                                               |                            |
| HSBC                                                                      |                            |
| (London)                                                                  |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| Breakfast                                                                 |                            |
| 16 December                                                               | Richard Desmond,           |
| Express                                                                   |                            |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and       |                            |
| Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE |                            |
| 20 November                                                               | Arbuthnot Banking Group    |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations,            |                            |
| Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP                                          |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| 04 December                                                               | The Guardian               |
| 11 December                                                               | Confederation of British   |
| Industry                                                                  |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working jointly  |                            |
| with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Matthew          |                            |
| Hancock MP                                                                |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| 13 November                                                               | Lawson Muncaster, City     |
| A.M.                                                                      |                            |
| Minister of State for Skills and Equalities working jointly with the      |                            |
| Department for Education, Nick Boles MP                                   |                            |
|                                                                           |                            |
| 07 October                                                                | Berkeley Group             |
| 14 October                                                                | Association of Colleges    |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly  |                            |
| with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP                          |                            |
| 06 October                                                                | Avamed                     |
| 07 October                                                                | Avamed                     |
| 08 October                                                                | Biopharma                  |
| 09 October                                                                | Qualcomm Life Sciences     |
| 09 October                                                                | Amgen                      |
| 10 October                                                                | Hadoop                     |
| 15 October                                                                | Wellcome Trust             |
| 10 November                                                               | Ethical Medicines Industry |
| Group                                                                     |                            |

 
¹Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; 'diplomatic' functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; 
and offers of hospitality which were declined.    
* Indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend. 

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS 
Date of Meeting  Name of External Organisation1 
Purpose of Meeting   

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP 
October 2014 
Geordie Greig, Mail on Sunday 
Party Conference 
October 2014 
EEF The Manufacturers' Organisation 
October 2014 
Ian Swales MP Craig Iley, Atom Bank 

 
                                            

Lunch Lunch 
Lunch 
Dinner 
Dinner 
To discuss manufacturing To discuss banking issues 
| October 2014                         | World Development Movement        | To discuss trade        |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
| issues                               |                                   |                         |
| October 2014                         | War on Want                       | To discuss trade        |
| issues                               |                                   |                         |
| To discuss the impact                |                                   |                         |
| of digital markets in the            |                                   |                         |
| publishing world                     |                                   |                         |
| October 2014                         |                                   |                         |
| Publishers Association, Society of   |                                   |                         |
| Authors, Association of Authors'     |                                   |                         |
| Agents, The Booksellers Association, |                                   |                         |
| Walkers Bookshops, Hachette UK,      |                                   |                         |
| Penguin Random House, Publishers     |                                   |                         |
| Association, Literary Agent to JK    |                                   |                         |
| Rowling                              |                                   |                         |
|                                      |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | British Chambers of Commerce      | Regular meeting         |
| November 2014                        | Trade Unions Congress             | Regular meeting         |
| November 2014                        | Legal and General                 | To discuss business     |
| legal issues                         |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Klesch and Company Limited        | To discuss Tata Steel   |
| November 2014                        | Creative Industry Council         | To discuss the creative |
| industry                             |                                   |                         |
| To discuss innovation                |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Royal Academy of Engineering,     |                         |
| Innovate UK,Engineering and          |                                   |                         |
| Physical Sciences Research           |                                   |                         |
| Council, Robotics and                |                                   |                         |
| Autonomous Systems Special           |                                   |                         |
| Interest Group, Schlumberger,        |                                   |                         |
| BAE Systems, UK Atomic Energy        |                                   |                         |
| Authority/OC Robotics, GSK,          |                                   |                         |
| Robolution Capital, Ocado,           |                                   |                         |
| Sellafield, Shell, University of     |                                   |                         |
| Oxford, Amadeus Capital              |                                   |                         |
| Partners, Imperial College London    |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Friends of the Earth              | To discuss trade        |
| issues                               |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Manufacturing Technology          |                         |
| Association                          |                                   |                         |
| To discuss                           |                                   |                         |
| manufacturing                        |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | London Gatwick Airport            | To discuss aviation     |
| sector and investment                |                                   |                         |
| opportunities                        |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Financial Times                   | General catch up        |
| November 2014                        | Shell                             | To discuss the energy   |
| supply                               |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Automotive Council                | To discuss the          |
| automotive industry                  |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Federation of Small Businesses    | Regular meeting         |
| November 2014                        | Young Enterprise                  | To discuss enterprise   |
| and business                         |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Universities UK                   | To discuss higher       |
| education                            |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | The Independent, The Guardian     | General catch up        |
| November 2014                        | The Mail, The Times               | General catch up        |
| November 2014                        | Construction Leadership Council   | To discuss the          |
| construction industry                |                                   |                         |
| November 2014                        | Confederation of British Industry | Regular meeting         |
| December 2014                        | Post Office, British Bankers'     |                         |
| Association, Barclays, HSBC,         |                                   |                         |
| To discuss community                 |                                   |                         |
| access to finance                    |                                   |                         |
RBS, Santander, Lloyds 
December 2014 
Professional and Business Services Council 
To discuss business services 
December 2014 
38 Degrees 
To discuss Transatlantic Trade & 
Investment Partnerships 
December 
Guild HE 
To discuss higher education 
December 2014 
National Union of Students 
To discuss Higher Education policy 
December 2014 
Industrial Strategy Council 
To discuss the industrial strategy 
Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP  
October 2014 
Virgin Galactic 
To discuss space 
October 2014 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
To discuss space 
October 2014 
British Academy 
To discuss science 
October 2014 
Student Loans Company 
To discuss higher education 
October 2014 
Universities UK 
To discuss higher education 
October 2014 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mass Challenge 
To discuss higher education 
October 2014 
University of Birmingham 
To discuss research 
November 2014 
Million + 
To discuss higher education 
November 2014 
Higher Education Policy Institute  
To discuss higher education 
To discuss higher education 
November 2014 
University of Aberdeen, University of London, City University, Coventry University College, 
Higher Education Funding Council for England, University of Manchester, St George's Hospital 
Medical School, Newcastle 
College 
November 2014 
Universities UK 
To discuss higher education 
November 2014 
Quality Assurance Agency 
To discuss higher education  
November 2014 
Russell Group 
To discuss higher education 
November 2014 
Space Leadership Council 
To discuss space 
November 2014 
University of Warwick 
To discuss research To discuss research 
November 2014 
Society of Biology, Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Royal Society of Chemistry 
December 2014 
Alderley Park Taskforce 
To discuss life sciences 
December 2014 
National Union of Students 
To discuss higher 
education 
December 2014 
Brierley Price Prior University  
To discuss higher education 
December 2014 
Campaign for Science and Engineering  
To discuss science and research 
To discuss space 
December 2014 
UKspace, Airbus Defence and Space, Inmarsat, Avanti, Surrey Satellite Technology, Telespazio VEGA UK, Virgin Galactic, Satellite Applications Catapult, CGI  
December 2014 
Snowdon Trust 
To discuss higher education 
Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston 
October 2014 
CropScience  
Company visit and to discuss investment opportunities 
October 2014  
BEL Valves 
Company visit to discuss trade and investment 
October 2014 
BiogenIdec  
Company visit and to discuss investment opportunities 
October 2014 
Smith & Nephew Ltd 
To discuss emerging technologies sector 
October 2014 
Raytheon  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
Wellington Management  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
Akamai Technologies  
To discuss foreign direct investment 
projects into the UK 
October 2014 
Marsh & McLennan Companies 
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
IBM Corporation  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
Zoetis  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014  
American Eagle Outfitters  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
New York Stock Exchange  
To discuss the finance sector  
October 2014 
Qatar Investment Authority  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
October 2014 
Fujitsu laboratories  
To discuss foreign direct investment projects into the UK 
| October 2014           | Hitachi Rail                     | To discuss foreign      |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
| direct investment      |                                  |                         |
| projects into the UK   |                                  |                         |
| October 2014           | Mitsui Corporation               | To discuss foreign      |
| direct investment      |                                  |                         |
| projects into the UK   |                                  |                         |
| October 2014           | Mitsubishi Corporation           | To discuss foreign      |
| direct investment      |                                  |                         |
| projects into the UK   |                                  |                         |
| October 2014           | Shionogi                         | To discuss foreign      |
| direct investment      |                                  |                         |
| projects into the UK   |                                  |                         |
| October 2014           | JR West                          | To discuss foreign      |
| direct investment      |                                  |                         |
| projects into the UK   |                                  |                         |
| October 2014           | Kansai New International Airport | To discuss the aviation |
| sector                 |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | British Chambers of Commerce     | To discuss UKTI/BCC     |
| relationship           |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Rio Tinto                        | To discuss trade and    |
| investment             |                                  |                         |
| opportunities for the  |                                  |                         |
| UK and Azerbaijan      |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | TheCityUK, National Bank         | To discuss trade and    |
| investment             |                                  |                         |
| opportunities for the  |                                  |                         |
| UK and Azerbaijan      |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Liverpool Vision                 | To discuss              |
| International Festival |                                  |                         |
| of Business 2016       |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Field International Ltd          | Company visit and to    |
| discuss trade and      |                                  |                         |
| investment             |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Samruk Kazyna                    | To discuss trade and    |
| investment             |                                  |                         |
| opportunities for the  |                                  |                         |
| UK and Kazakhstan      |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Airbus                           | To discuss aviation     |
| sector                 |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | AIC Steel                        | Company visit to        |
| discuss trade and      |                                  |                         |
| investment             |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Catapult                         | To discuss emerging     |
| support on inward      |                                  |                         |
| investment and SME     |                                  |                         |
| relationships          |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | EEW, Bladt,  DONG Energy         | To discuss German       |
| energy sector          |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Calysta, Weber Shandwick         | To discuss investment   |
| opportunities into the |                                  |                         |
| UK                     |                                  |                         |
| November 2014          | Federation of Small Businesses   | To discuss export       |
| support for small      |                                  |                         |
| businesses             |                                  |                         |
| November 2014                                                             | Stop TTIP, Trade Justice          |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Movement                                                                  |                                   |
| To discuss                                                                |                                   |
| Transatlantic trade and                                                   |                                   |
| investment partnership                                                    |                                   |
|                                                                           |                                   |
|                                                                           |                                   |
| November 2014                                                             | London Gatwick Airport            |
| sector and investment                                                     |                                   |
| opportunities                                                             |                                   |
| November 2014                                                             | British Business Bank             |
| UK Export                                                                 |                                   |
| Finance                                                                   |                                   |
|                                                                           |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | Thomson Aero Seating              |
| discuss trade and                                                         |                                   |
| investment                                                                |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | Kestrel Foods                     |
| discuss trade and                                                         |                                   |
| investment                                                                |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | Sepha                             |
| discuss trade and                                                         |                                   |
| investment                                                                |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | DHL                               |
| direct investment                                                         |                                   |
| projects into the UK                                                      |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | Institute Of Export International |
| Trade                                                                     |                                   |
| To discuss UKTI                                                           |                                   |
| engagement and work                                                       |                                   |
| with IOE International                                                    |                                   |
| Trade                                                                     |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | GFirst LEP                        |
| UKTI engagement and                                                       |                                   |
| work with GFirst LEP                                                      |                                   |
| December 2014                                                             | British Chambers of Commerce      |
| engagement and work                                                       |                                   |
| with the British                                                          |                                   |
| Chambers of                                                               |                                   |
| Commerce                                                                  |                                   |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and       |                                   |
| Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Weber Shandwick                   |
| Ticketmaster                                                              |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Premier League                    |
| of copyright                                                              |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Google,Yahoo, Motion Picture      |
| Association, British Phonographic                                         |                                   |
| Industry, Microsoft                                                       |                                   |
| To discuss options for                                                    |                                   |
| search and copyright                                                      |                                   |
| infringement                                                              |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Rugby Football Union, Football    |
| Association,                                                              |                                   |
| To discuss The                                                            |                                   |
| Consumer Rights Bill                                                      |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | PRS for Music                     |
| October 2014                                                              | Federation of Small Businesses    |
| rights bill                                                               |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Which                             |
| rights bill                                                               |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | British Telecom, Sky              |
| of the copyright                                                          |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Viagogo                           |
| and the consumer                                                          |                                   |
| rights bill                                                               |                                   |
| October 2014                                                              | Intellectual Property Federation, |
Environment, Inventions Designs and Brands 
The British Association of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Dyson,  Squire Patton 
Boggs (UK), Law Society (IP Working Group), Federation of Small Businesses, Bristows (representing British Brands Group), Haberman Baby, 
Universities UK 
To discuss  cybercrime and IP Theft 
November 2014 
Tech UK, GE Healthcare, Unite for Public Procurement and IP, 
McKinsey, City of London Police - Police IP Crime Unit, Federation Against Software Theft,  
December 2014 
Motion Picture Association 
To discuss copyright 
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP  
October 2014 
Wandsworth Trading Standards, Citizens Advice 
To discuss consumer issues 
October 2014 
BritMums, Mari's Word, KiddyCharts, DadBlogUK 
To discuss labour markets 
October 2014 
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 
To discuss insolvency and auditing/accounting 
November 2014 
National Trading Standards Board To discuss consumer 
issues. To discuss corporate 
governance issues 
November 2014 
Camborne School of Mines, Mineral Products Association, Oil & Gas UK, Publish What You Pay, Natural Resource Governance 
Institute, Global Witness, 
Transparency International, CBI Minerals Group, International 
Council on Mining & Metals 
November 2014 
National Federation of SubPostmasters 
To discuss postal affairs 
November 2014 
National Union of Students 
To discuss the prevention of violence against women To discuss labour market issues 
November 2014 
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) LTD, British Constructional Steelwork Association,  Institute of Directors 
December 2014 
National Childbirth Trust 
To discuss labour market issues 
December 2014 
Financial Ombudsman Service 
Introductory meeting  
December 2014 
Family and Childcare Trust 
To discuss labour market issues 
December 2014 
British Retail Consortium 
To discuss competition and gender quality issues 
| December 2014                                                            | Post Office Limited                | To discuss postal     |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| affairs                                                                  |                                    |                       |
| To discuss regulation                                                    |                                    |                       |
| of fresh produce                                                         |                                    |                       |
| Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working jointly |                                    |                       |
| with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Matthew         |                                    |                       |
| Hancock MP                                                               |                                    |                       |
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| October 2014                                                             | Fresh Produce Consortium,          |                       |
| National Farmers' Union &                                                |                                    |                       |
| TechUK                                                                   |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Nuclear Innovation & Research      |                       |
| Office                                                                   |                                    |                       |
| Introductory meeting                                                     |                                    |                       |
| November 2014                                                            | Klesch and Company Limited         | To discuss Tata steel |
| November 2014                                                            | Federation of Small Businesses     | To discuss small      |
| businesses                                                               |                                    |                       |
| November 2014                                                            | Confederation of Business          |                       |
| Industry                                                                 |                                    |                       |
| To discuss the latest                                                    |                                    |                       |
| developments and                                                         |                                    |                       |
| impacts of small                                                         |                                    |                       |
| businesses                                                               |                                    |                       |
| November 2014                                                            | Ford Motor Company Ltd             | To discuss Regional   |
| Growth Fund support                                                      |                                    |                       |
| December 2014                                                            | Royal Mail                         | To discuss Royal      |
| Mail's performance                                                       |                                    |                       |
| and future                                                               |                                    |                       |
| development                                                              |                                    |                       |
| Minister of State for Skills and Equalities working jointly with the     |                                    |                       |
| Department for Education, Nick Boles MP                                  |                                    |                       |
|                                                                          |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Not going to Uni                   | To discuss            |
| apprenticeships                                                          |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Stonewall                          | To discuss equal      |
| marriage                                                                 |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Association of Colleges East       |                       |
| Midlands                                                                 |                                    |                       |
| To discuss further                                                       |                                    |                       |
| education issues                                                         |                                    |                       |
| To discuss online                                                        |                                    |                       |
| learning                                                                 |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Udacity, IBM, Quicksilva, HP       |                       |
| Enterprise Services, Oracle,                                             |                                    |                       |
| Cisco, Telefonica UK (O2), ARM,                                          |                                    |                       |
| Samsung, BBC, Lloyds, Royal                                              |                                    |                       |
| Mail, Save the Children                                                  |                                    |                       |
| International, Lowe and Partners,                                        |                                    |                       |
| Network Rail, Tech Partnership                                           |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Renewable UK                       | To discuss skills     |
| shortages                                                                |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Pearson                            | To discuss vocational |
| qualifications                                                           |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | 157 Group                          | To discuss skills     |
| October 2014                                                             | Higher Education Funding Council   |                       |
| for England                                                              |                                    |                       |
|                                                                          |                                    |                       |
| To discuss skills                                                        |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Skanska                            | To discuss            |
| construction                                                             |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Martin Horwood MP, CF Roberts      | To discuss            |
| apprenticeships                                                          |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | National Numeracy Challenge        | To discuss numeracy   |
| October 2014                                                             | Gatsby Foundation                  | To discuss careers    |
| To discuss careers                                                       |                                    |                       |
| October 2014                                                             | Teach First, Association of School |                       |
| and College Leaders, Future First,                                       |                                    |                       |
| Your Life, Education and                                                 |                                    |                       |
Employers Taskforce, National Association of Head Teachers, Social Mobility Foundation, Ahead Partnership, Heartlands Academy, Birmingham Greenwood 
Academy, William Morris Sixth Form, Barclays Life Skills, The Holts Group, Plastic Logic Ltd, Price Waterhouse Coopers, JC Bamford Excavators, Expro, UBS Limited, Rolls Royce, Airbus, Federation of Small Businesses, Confederation of British Industry, 
Engineering the Future, Creative Skillset, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce.  
October 2014 
National Citizen Service Trust 
To discuss careers To discuss skills and enterprise 
November 2014 
The Telegraph, Innovation UK, Capgemini, John Lewis Partnership, Aston University, EAL, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls Royce, Chas Smith Ltd, National Grid 
November 2014 
City and Islington College 
To discuss apprenticeships and vocational training 
November 2014 
Gatsby Foundation 
To discuss careers 
November 2014 
City and Guilds 
To discuss education and skills 
November 2014 
Paul Blomfield MP, Sheffield 
College 
To discuss adult skills To discuss skills and apprenticeships 
November 2014 
News UK, Tata Consultancy Services, Samsung, Fujitsu UK, Google, Agilisys Arch, Free:Formers, The Sun, Santander, London South Bank University, The News Academy 
November 2014 
Education and Training Foundation 
To discuss apprenticeships 
November 2014 
LAGAT Apprenticeships 
To discuss apprenticeships 
November 2014 
Student Loans Company 
To discuss student loans 
November 2014 
Hilton 
To discuss tourism To discuss construction 
November 2014 
Midas Group Ltd, British Gypsum, CEMEX UK, Sir Robert McAlpine, Galliford Try, Interserve, NG Bailey, Mott MacDonald Group, H+H UK, Ryder Architecture, Pinsent Masons, Skanska, JCB, Speedy Hire, Taylor Wimpey, 
Confederation of British Industry 
To discuss digital skills 
November 2014 
Accenture, ARM, BT, Capgemini, Cisco, HP Enterprise Services, IBM, Oracle, Samsung, Tata Consultancy Services, BBC, 
Direct Line Group, HMRC, Lowe and Partners, Metropolitan Police, National Grid, Royal Mail, Save the Children Int, DCV Technologies, e-skills UK 
To discuss tourism 
December  2014 
Hilton, Defra, Visit Britain, Visit England, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Visit Wales, Tourism 
Alliance, InterContinental Hotels Group, English Lakes Hotels, Dudley Zoo, Expedia, Google, JAC Travel, West Dorset Leisure Holidays, Shepherd Neame, Continuum Group, Eurostar, TUI 
December 2014 
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education 
To discuss literacy and numeracy To discuss FE governance 
December 2014 
Northampton College, Stockton Riverside College, Plumpton College, Association of Colleges, City of Bath College 
December 2014 
Institute for Public Policy Research 
To discuss education 
December 2014  
JCB 
Introductory meeting 
December 2014 
Construction Industry Training Board 
To discuss CITB 
December 2014 
Alison Wolf 
To discuss apprenticeships 
December 2014 
Plotr, Nick Hurd MP 
To discuss Plotr 
December 2014 
Doug Richards 
To discuss apprenticeships 
December 2014 
Professor Averil Macdonald 
To discuss STEM 
December 2014 
UK Commission for Employment and Skills 
To discuss apprenticeships 
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP 
October 2014 
Abbott Molecular 
To discuss patient choice in cancer care 
October 2014 
Walgreens 
To discuss the UK healthcare system 
October 2014 
Takeda 
To discuss Takeda's UK position and opportunities for UK growth 
October 2014 
Edwards Lifesciences 
To discuss the company's view of the UK as a place to do business 
October 2014 
St Jude Medical 
To discuss the company's views on 
the UK as a place to do business 
October 2014 
3M Healthcare 
To discuss 3M's UK strategy 
October 2014 
Avamed 
To discuss challenges 
facing the Medtech Industry 
October 2014 
Cerner 
To discuss Cerner's acquisition of Siemens Health IT business  
October 2014 
Proteus Digital Health 
To discuss the status of Proteus' investment in the UK 
To discuss the benefits of investing in the UK 
October 2014 
23andMe, Advanced Cooling Therapy, Blue Belt Technologies, 
Carmell Therapeutics, Diagnostic 
Photonics, DMF Medical, 
Endotronix, eProtex, F Cubed, 
Holaira, Joey Medical, LumaMed, 
Playtabase, ValveXchange 
October 2014 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals 
To discuss Vertex's plan to relocate in the UK To discuss Genomics 
October 2014 
Dimension Therapeutics, Moderna Therapeutics, Shire, 
Summit, Vertex, Flagship 
Ventures 
October 2014 
Care Fusion 
To discuss the impact cost saving measures will have on UK operations 
October 2014 
Illumina 
To discuss investment in the UK to support 
genomes project 
October 2014 
Allergan 
To discuss recent announcement of global staff reductions  
October 2014 
 Nanthealth 
To discuss project with Genomics England and Oxford 
October 2014 
Tech UK  
To discuss upcoming event and logistics 
October 2014 
BioIndustry Association  
To discuss healthcare in the UK 
October 2014 
Quotient Clinical 
To discuss healthcare in the UK To discuss healthcare in the UK 
October 2014 
British In Vitro Diagnostics 
Association  
October 2014 
Novartis 
To discuss healthcare in the UK 
October 2014  
Academic Health Science Network   
To discuss healthcare in the UK 
October 2014 
Royal Society 
To discuss healthcare in the UK 
| October 2014            | Muscular Dystrophy Campaign       | To discuss healthcare    |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| October 2014            | American Pharma Group             | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| October 2014            | Pfizer                            | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| October 2014            | Humetrix                          | To discuss data in       |
| healthcare.             |                                   |                          |
| October 2014            | GlaxoSmithKline                   | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | The Crick                         | To discuss translation   |
| strategy                |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | European Medicines Group          | To discuss medicines     |
| and research            |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Human Tissue Authority            | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Proteus Digital Health            | To discuss healthcare    |
| and the incorporation   |                                   |                          |
| of data in the UK       |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Killing Cancer                    | To discuss               |
| photodynamic therapy    |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | UK Bioscience Coalition           | To discuss animal        |
| research                |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Cerner                            | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Merck                             | To discuss investment    |
| to the UK               |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | The Association of the British    |                          |
| Pharmaceutical Industry |                                   |                          |
| To discuss healthcare   |                                   |                          |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Eisai                             | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK and globally  |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Synthetic Biology Leadership      |                          |
| Council                 |                                   |                          |
| Co-Chairing the         |                                   |                          |
| Council                 |                                   |                          |
| November 2014           | Philips Healthcare                | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Intelesant                        | To discuss data          |
| December 2014           | Johnson&Johnson                   | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Sanofi                            | To discuss the Sanofi    |
| playbook forward        |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Northern Health Science Alliance, |                          |
| N8 Research Partnership |                                   |                          |
| To discuss creating a   |                                   |                          |
| Northern life sciences  |                                   |                          |
| powerhouse              |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | GlaxoSmithKline                   | To discuss Medicines     |
| Manufacturing Industry  |                                   |                          |
| Partnership             |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Society of Biology                | To discuss life          |
| sciences in the UK      |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Gilead Sciences                   | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Richmond Group                    | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |
| December 2014           | Apple Healthcare                  | To discuss healthcare    |
| in the UK               |                                   |                          |

 
1Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, members of the Royal Household, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments. Visits, attendance at seminars, conferences, receptions, media, interviews etc would not normally be classed as meetings.