Extract from Urgent Question (Commons) on Contaminated Blood - July 20
Friday, 21 July 2017 07:38
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab):...Although I
welcome last week’s announcement of an inquiry into the
contaminated blood scandal, the vast majority of people affected by
this scandal, their families, campaign groups and legal
representatives, plus many cross-party parliamentarians, are, like
me, dismayed to see the Department of Health leading on the
establishment of this inquiry. The Department of Health, an
implicated party at the heart of so much that has gone wrong
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(Kingston upon Hull North)
(Lab):...Although I welcome last week’s announcement of an
inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal, the vast majority of
people affected by this scandal, their families, campaign groups
and legal representatives, plus many cross-party parliamentarians,
are, like me, dismayed to see the Department of Health leading on
the establishment of this inquiry. The Department of Health, an
implicated party at the heart of so much that has gone wrong over
the past 45 years, must have no role in how this inquiry is
established—in my view, it is akin to asking south
yorkshire police to lead an inquiry into the
Hillsborough disaster. I regret that the Government have not been
able to understand that putting the Department of Health in charge
at this time immediately undermines their excellent decision to
call a public inquiry last week. In consequence, contaminated blood
campaigners boycotted a meeting organised by the Department of
Health at 10 am today in protest. Another Department must surely
now take over the responsibility for consulting on the remit of
this inquiry...
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