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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point, and it is one with which I tend to agree. The full details of the new regime will be set out in and alongside regulations made…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI cannot commit to that. I am not aware of the detail of the matter raised by the hon. Gentleman. I have seen no evidence of officials giving deliberately incorrect information,…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI recognise the power of the hon. Gentleman’s point about his own constituents, and many hon. and right hon. Members on both sides of the House will also have constituents who are…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsThe hon. Gentleman makes his point with characteristic eloquence, and my heart goes out to his constituent in that appalling example. That is one of many tragic examples in this…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsYes, Mr Speaker, just two paragraphs left. I apologise if I have run over. I was saying that my colleagues and I are keenly aware of this reality. After all, it was this…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI am very conscious of the passage of time from when the infected blood issue began many, many years ago—decades ago—and the inquiry that was begun by my right hon. Friend the…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI hope I can relay, and have relayed, to the House my feelings on the matter, which I am sure are the same as feelings across this House. This is not a party political issue. It…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI thank the right hon. Lady for her question. I note that she does not appear to be seeking the full debate that I recently wrote to her in support of, and I would commend my…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsIt is not as though the Government are waiting; the Government are working, across Whitehall, to produce results in the matter. There is no dilatoriness here; there is expedition…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsIt is well understood that the matter is urgent and important. It is also understood that it is complex and interconnected. I assure the hon. Lady that questions such as this in…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsIt is not a matter of prejudice. The Government have a responsibility to work these systems effectively and correctly, and they have to make decisions based on the complexity and…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI hope the right hon. Gentleman will accept from me that the matter is complex, and that things are interconnected—I use that word advisedly—across Government, which makes them…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI cannot prejudge the matter at this stage, for reasons that I have already given.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI cannot speak exactly to my hon. Friend’s point, but the general point he makes is a good one. There are issues across Whitehall and across Government that need to be addressed…19 Jul 2022HANSARDGovernment Transparency and AccountabilitySince 2010, the Government have been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media to hold public bodies to account. Such online transparency…15 Jul 2022HANSARDGovernment Helplines: Low-income HouseholdsThe Government are committed to answering calls from the public in a timely manner. Where Departments are experiencing surges in demand, performance is being monitored and…14 Jul 2022HANSARDGovernment Helplines: Low-income HouseholdsWe are always looking at these matters. The Department for Work and Pensions reviews the forecasted telephony demand and plans its resourcing accordingly to keep wait times down.…14 Jul 2022HANSARDPresidency of the G7: UK 2021I would like to update Parliament on the outcomes of the UK’s G7 presidency in 2021 and the costs of the 2021 G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. As the most prominent grouping of…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI heard what the review said and I thank the right hon. Lady for her continued diligence in this area. The infected blood scandal is an appalling tragedy that should simply never…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Cabinet Office is conducting its own review of the matter, as the hon. Lady referred to. Any incident of racism is unacceptable anywhere, and every effort will be made to…14 Jul 2022