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HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsI certainly do agree. I am sure it will come as a surprise to right hon. and hon. Members that one of the Conservative’s former Chancellors decided to comment on the September…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe Prime Minister and President von der Leyen have agreed to strengthen the relationship between the UK and the EU. Vice-President Šefčovič, whom I met in Strasbourg on Tuesday,…24 Oct 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUFirst, I add our congratulations to the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on the safe arrival of his new baby. On the specific point that the hon. Lady…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInterim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected BloodIn May, the infected blood inquiry produced its final report, and the country heard the full extent to which thousands of men, women, and children had their lives overturned by…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Conservative party seems to stand for few things currently, and it was astonishing that it decided that one of them is hereditary privilege…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the constructive tone he has taken throughout the debates under this Government. That continues the work we did when I was the shadow…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeAs I have indicated to the House, I expect the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to make its first payments before the end of the year, and to start payments to the affected…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI invite all right hon. and hon. Members to go on the gov.uk website, which gives the details for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority. I urge people with an interest to…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituent Sharon Moore for all her campaigning. As I have said to the House, I have now given the instruction for interim payments to the…24 Oct 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeLast week, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority issued a small number of invitations to begin testing a new claims service. Furthermore, I can announce today that…24 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his interest in this matter and his words of support about the progress the Government have made. Sir Robert Francis conducted an extensive…24 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question; she is a long-standing champion for justice for victims of the infected blood scandal and, indeed, the nuclear test veterans that she…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her constructive approach to this matter. Clearly, we want to see the current Bill on the statute book as soon as possible. We will then move on…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformAs is set out in our manifesto, this Government are committed to reforming the House of Lords. Our objective is to bring about a renewed focus on active contribution within a…24 Oct 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe hon. Gentleman’s question sets out exactly why negotiating an SPS agreement is so important. The Government have set out that there will be a UK-EU summit in the first half of…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI beg to move, That the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 872), dated 22 August 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 23 August, be…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI would be only too delighted to engage with the all-party parliamentary group, and I am sure that if my hon. Friend sends an invitation in the usual way, we can find a mutually…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He took exactly the same approach that I did to the expert group. I accepted, as I told the House, 69 of the 74 recommendations,…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI hope to be able to make an announcement about it shortly. I have told the House previously how important I think the memorialisation proposals are, and they will certainly form…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI note that time is short. I will get through as many of the points that have been raised as I can, but I say to all right hon. and hon. Members that my door is very much open;…23 Oct 2024