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HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeOf course, many of these events happened over a very wide timespan going back 40 or 50 years, but the issue is what we can do going forward. The hon. Lady makes a reasonable point…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her tribute to Nigel and his life, and I am very sorry to his family for the loss. I recognise the frustration of even one day’s delay. I have…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI absolutely can. My hon. Friend makes a very wise point and, not only in the conduct of this exercise but more generally, we need to be as transparent as possible. Yesterday, Sir…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 SchemeYes I absolutely can—I have been very clear about the Government’s continuing commitment on existing support schemes. However, there is a point at which the assessment for…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We have previously engaged on the British Steel matter and the unscrupulous exploitation of people moving from defined benefit to…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her powerful representation on that matter. I cannot give her a categorical assurance, but by setting out the clear opportunity to discuss the report in…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for point about a duty of candour, which several hon. Members have made. The Government will reflect very carefully and respond in due course.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 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 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 SchemeI very much respect the hon. Gentleman’s points about Hillsborough. I am not able to answer his question on that, as my remarks are about the compensation scheme, but a number of…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her comments, and I agree with her instinctive reaction to what Sir Brian said about the duty of candour. It will be for the Government more widely to…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 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 Inquiry ReportToday, Sir Brian Langstaff has published the final report of the independent infected blood inquiry. I am authorising a copy of the report to be deposited in the Libraries of both…20 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is correct to say that the book by the former Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), was reviewed under the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Lady is referring to the second headquarters of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in Aberdeen, which I visited just before Christmas. I think that…25 Apr 2024HANSARDMinisterial CodeI explained in an earlier answer where we are in terms of the Cabinet Office considering the letter from ACOBA. We do expect all Ministers, civil servants and special advisers to…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Lady for her kind words and her constructive approach. It is absolutely right that she continues to press me, as she does at every opportunity. Reflecting…25 Apr 2024