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FCO ministers' meetings - July to September 2014
Updated 15 October 2015
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| Minister | Date of Meeting | Name of External Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
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| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | September | BP | Prosperity |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | September | Save the Children | Ebola |
| Senior Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Warsi | July | Cinnamon Network* | Introductory meeting |
| Senior Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Warsi | July | Baroness Butler-Sloss and Ed Kessler MBE* | To discuss the work of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life |
| Senior Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Warsi | July | Dilwar Hussain* | To discuss Horizon Project |
| Baroness Anelay | September | Amnesty International | Introductory Meeting |
| Baroness Anelay | October | Birmingham City University | The Meriam Ibrahim Case: A Panel Discussion |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Co-host roundtable with Lord Mayor of London | To discuss opportunities in Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Oliver Rothschild Corporate Advisers | To discuss Africomm TV |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Goldman Sachs | To discuss financial investment in Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Glaxo Smith Kline | To discuss strategic investment and drug development in Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Overseas Service Pensions Association (OSPA) | To discuss Zimbabwean Civil Service Pension Payments |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Secretary General MDC-T and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe | To discuss Zimbabwe |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mark Simmonds MP | July | Standard Chartered Africa | To discuss Tanzania |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | Stellar Diamonds | To discuss Sierra Leone |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | Crown Agents | To discuss Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | Africa Matters Ltd | To discuss Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | Barclays Bank | To discuss financial investment in Africa |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | Chatham House Africa Programme meeting | To deliver keynote speech |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | UK NGO Working Group on Sudan/South Sudan including representatives from Oxfam, Tearfund, Waging Peace, Christian Aid and Crisis Action. | To discuss Sudan/South Sudan |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, James Duddridge MP | September | DLA Piper | To discuss Africa |
| Minister of State, Rt Hon Hugh Robertson MP | July | Olive Group Capital | Discussion on Middle East issues |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood MP | August | British Arab Association | Discussion on MEPP issues |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood MP | August | Palestinian Platform | Discussion on MEPP issues |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood MP | September | HSBC Holdings plc | Discussion with Sherard Cowper-Coles on portfolio issues |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood MP | September | British Jewish Community | Discussion on MEPP issues |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Tobias Ellwood MP | September | Representatives of the US Jewish Community | Discussions on MEPP issues while at UNGA |
| Minister of State, David Lidington MP | Nil Return | Not set | Not set |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | July | Pole Star | To discuss Pole Star’s business in Panama |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | July | Lord Marland | To discuss Commonwealth trade and investment |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | July | Anson Chan and Martin Lee | Discussion on Hong Kong |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | July | Foster & Partners, Atkins, London & Regional | Meeting at the Panama Canal |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Australian War Memorial | Meeting with the Director of the War Memorial; laying a wreath at the Memorial whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | BAE Systems | Visit to the Williamstown Dockyard to see a major UK Prime operating overseas and discuss the opportunities for UK defence exports whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Future Fund | Discussions with a significant investor in the UK whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Museum Victoria, Federation Square Pty Ltd, Symbiosis Australia, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Grimshaw Architects, National Gallery of Victoria, Scotch College , Bendigo Art Gallery | Meeting to showcase the strength and depth of bilateral co-operation in the creative arts and demonstrate support for British creatives Melbourne whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | ANZ Bank | Meeting was an opportunity to learn more about the challenges and opportunities facing the Australian economy as it adjusts to the tail-off of the massive wave of investment in the resources sector whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Kepdowrie Chambers, ABCC, CH2M HILL, Regus, Hastings, REA Media, Tyndall AM, KordaMentha, C.P Foods (Thailand) Public Company, Monash Vision Group, Ernst & Young, AustralianSuper, AOS, Ethos Business, London and Partners, The Members Golf Club, Killick Consulting, Enex Testlab, Hall and Wilcox, SilverSurf Technology, Literally Brilliant | Launch of the British Business Network, a network of volunteers around Australia who are either British or feel strong ties with the UK whilst in Australia |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd (IIPL), National Research Foundation, Taylor Vinters, Cambridge Consultants, Metail, Sabio APAC, Tigerspike, Nesta, PA Consulting Group | Meeting to hear about the new ‘Innovation partnership’ with Singapore whilst in Singapore |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | BT | Meeting with one of UKTI’s key clients in the region; to hear about the opportunities and challenges BT face in Singapore and the region; and what HMG can do to support them whilst in Singapore |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State | September | Singapore Botanic Gardens | Discussions about the Singapore State Visit (President Tan visiting the UK) and the connections between the Gardens and Kew Gardens in London whilst in Singapore |
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