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HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman speaks powerfully about his constituents Susan and David and their family. He also makes the point that compensation by itself is clearly not enough. With…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the right hon. Lady for her observations and for her ongoing engagement since my appointment. I take seriously her point about having no decisions without full engagement.…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his comments. I also thank the Chancellor for his unwavering commitment to resolving this in a timely way, both when I was Chief…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for her remarks and for her constructive point around how the arm’s length body needs to evolve and fit the communities’ expectations. I am absolutely…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement following the final report of the infected blood inquiry. Yesterday, the Prime Minister spoke about the anguish that…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI agree. When I went to Edinburgh I was keen to meet a representative group of Scottish infected blood campaign organisations. I had a very candid conversation with them, in which…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her sensitive portrayal of the individual circumstances of her constituent. The financial vulnerability that impacts so many of the affected…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy right hon. Friend very eloquently makes a very important point. In the course of my engagement, I met a number of former pupils from Treloar. I believe that in Sir Robert’s…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend makes wise and sensible points, built on a lot of experience of Government and as a constituency MP. I endorse all that he has asked. There will be a “Dear…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words, particularly his words about Bill Wright, whom I enjoyed meeting, and who has campaigned on this so hard and for so long. Bill and…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe right hon. Lady makes a sensible point. I, too, was struck by the reference to Professor Bloom and the role he played in different ways over the years. Doing justice to the…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Lady talks about a public advocate. I am not in a position to respond to that today, but it is clearly one option that is available and I think will be part of the wider…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman asks a number of questions. I have not said that the existing schemes will stop on 31 March 2025. What I have committed to is that thereafter there will be a…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI do not think the hon. Gentleman can characterise what I have announced today as not making significant progress. I am not here to claim credit for it or to say what it is…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his engagement and for the points he has made today. I was there yesterday for the two hours of Sir Brian Langstaff’s presentation of his report,…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Sir Robert makes clear some very profound challenges to the British state that need a profound response from Government, and that will…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman is right to assert the need for a timeline. I am not in a position to provide one today, but I have set out that the House will have an opportunity to debate…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeAs ever, my hon. Friend makes a very sensible point. As time goes by, verifying what it takes for a person to qualify, if they are not currently registered, is something that the…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Lady makes a powerful representation on behalf of Linda, Vera and so many others. I can assure her that speed is of the essence. In all circumstances I am trying to move…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeOn the £210,000, I took advice on the largest sum I could comfortably secure. The hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle) will see documents published today on…21 May 2024