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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe next stage of the Victims and Prisoners Bill in the other place will be the week after next, and that is where the Government will make clear their response to what the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsA large number of payments were made available quickly in the last quarter of 2022. I fully recognise the absolute tragedy that this is. Every death is a tragedy. This is the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have said, if the House of Commons has indicated its will by the amendment, that piece of legislation moves to the House of Lords and the Government will respond at that…18 Jan 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for his empathy with the complexity of delivering this. I recognise the urgency, of course. That is why, over the recess, I had several meetings with…18 Jan 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI take the will of the House very seriously. That vote was on 4 December as part of the Victims and Prisoners Bill, which will now be working through its next stage in the other…18 Jan 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryAs I set out on 18 December, I am pleased with the progress that we have made in appointing an expert group to assist on technical detailed considerations of those…18 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI am not aware whether those figures are available yet, but I will ensure that the moment I leave this Chamber, I will do everything I can to get the hon. Member a response on…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseThat is my expectation. I am doing everything I can to bring this to a substantial conclusion after the publication of the final report. I am speaking to colleagues in many…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI recognise the hon. Gentleman’s disappointment and that of many in the House today. I shall reflect carefully on that, and do everything I can to do better next time. The steps…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseToday we are putting in place the expertise needed to deal with the recommendations and look at the distribution for compensation. The Government are committed to responding after…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI am very cognisant of the 18 recommendations, and the sensitivity about the trust needed in the delivery mechanism, whatever that is. That is one of several considerations on…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI have not met Sir Brian Langstaff yet, but of course I build on the work that my predecessors have done. As I indicated to the chairs of the all-party parliamentary group, as…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his words. The right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North said at business questions last Thursday that she did not want a written…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy right hon. Friend makes wise and fair observations. This is complex, but it is urgent. My right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Jeremy Quin) did an enormous amount of work…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI do not think that I can be expected to respond to individual cases here, but I have ensured that we have the right range of professional expertise—the very best available in…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseThe timing of the delivery of that service has been worked through with NHS England. I signed off the funding for it when I was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and I am pleased…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI reaffirm what I have said about my commitment to doing this as quickly as possible. Of course I regret the delays that have occurred over many years, and I want this to be…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and I will happily talk to him privately. I am sorry that he draws that conclusion from what I have said today. In the past 35…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI am obviously going to have to repeat myself several times. I have set out clearly what is new today: the psychological support and the appointment of the necessary experts, in a…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy right hon. Friend is ingenious in her question, but I go back to what I said: I will do everything I can to put in place all the elements to allow us to respond substantively.…18 Dec 2023