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Contaminated Blood Products: Sir Robert Francis Report on Compensation for Those Affected

Thursday 31 March 2022 · 2 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Sir Robert Francis delivered his report to the Minister on 14 March.
  • The Minister intends to publish the report and Government's response as soon as possible.
  • Philippa Whitford criticized the delay in publishing the report and not hearing victims' views.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Philippa Whitford SNP
NHS
Context

Sir Robert Francis delivered his report to the government on March 14th, and there is a need to publish findings in time for the infected blood inquiry.

Question

When will the Government publish Sir Robert Francis's report on compensation mechanisms for those affected by contaminated blood products?

Answer from Michael Ellis

Sir Robert Francis delivered his report to me on 14 March, and I will carefully consider his findings and recommendations. It is my intention to publish the compensation framework study alongside the Government's response as soon as possible, and in sufficient time for the infected blood inquiry and its core participants to consider them before Sir Robert gives evidence to the inquiry.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific timeline or date for publishing the report was not provided

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Q2 Philippa Whitford SNP
NHS
Context

In the five years since agreeing to a public inquiry, 90 victims have died in Scotland alone. The questioner highlights the need for sufficient time for the inquiry team and victim groups to review the report.

Question

Does the Minister not recognise how disrespectful it is to the victims of this disaster to delay publishing the report and then announce the Government's response and decision without hearing their views?

Answer from Michael Ellis

It is extremely important that all those who have suffered so terribly can get the answers they have spent decades waiting for. The hon. Lady knows that it was my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) who initiated this inquiry after 30 years of successive Governments not doing so, and it is Her Majesty's Government who commissioned proactively the study we are talking about today. I will consider the matter very carefully, all due and appropriate considerations are being given to all factors mentioned.

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Not addressed: The specific concern about disrespect was not directly addressed

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