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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, mindful that this is somewhat exceptional procedure at this stage of a Bill’s passage, I shall first address the points and questions raised by the noble Baroness, Lady…23 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I have no doubt that the same thought has occurred to many of your Lordships. The systemic moral failings exposed by Sir Brian Langstaff in relation to infected blood…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeYes, most certainly. That should not happen. We are determined that no eligible claimant should lose out as a result of the transition from the support payments to compensation…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeYes, indeed. I know that Sir Robert Francis, the interim chair of the shadow compensation authority, has this very much at the top of his agenda in his engagement with the…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeI am very grateful to the noble Lord. I am personally keen that we should have that opportunity. I am aware that discussions are ongoing with the usual channels to enable us to…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I do not think it is for me as a Minister to opine on potential criminal liability. All I can say at this early stage is that the Government will make all relevant…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, the Government’s priority is to deliver compensation as swiftly as possible and with the minimum possible delay, as advised by Sir Brian Langstaff and the inquiry. The…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I recognise the noble Baroness’s long-standing interest in this very vexed area during her time as a Minister in the Treasury and the Department of Health. On that…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord’s words will resonate with anyone in this Chamber who has had the privilege of ministerial responsibility. Having said that, I do not think…22 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am grateful.21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 156BA and to the three further government amendments in this group. Yesterday’s publication of the infected blood inquiry’s final report has…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Collins, and noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for their supportive comments. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Collins, that if ever a…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodI am grateful to my noble friend and well remember the Statement that he refers to, which I repeated in this House in January 2011. He is exactly right. Both he and I were advised…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodI am, as ever, very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for her kind words. I can assure her that it has been a privilege for me to be involved as a House of Lords…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodMy Lords, I share my noble friend’s profound disquiet and shock at some of the facts that Sir Brian Langstaff has uncovered—not only as regards the actions of civil servants but…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodMy Lords, I very much identify with the remarks of the noble Baroness and extend my personal sympathy to her with regard to the death of her nephew. She referred to the duty of…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected BloodMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in succession two Statements delivered earlier in another place. The first was made yesterday by my right honourable…21 May 2024