Parliamentary Activity
Infected Blood Inquiry — 341 mentions in Parliament since Sep 2017
Opening of Further Interim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected Blood
On 9 July 2025 the Infected Blood Inquiry published its Additional Report on Compensation. The Inquiry made a number of recommendations to the Cabinet Office and to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) to ensure that fair compensation is provi...
Appointing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Technical Expert Group
On 21st July, I updated the House that the Government would be bringing forward further regulations to respond to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s Additional Report. I also informed the House that to make the proposed changes to the Inf...
Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report
Today, the Infected Blood Inquiry has published an Additional Report. This additional report reflects the unprecedented nature of the Infected Blood Scandal and the thoroughness of the Inquiry’s investigation. I am grateful to Sir Brian Langstaff and the ...
Government Response to Infected Blood Inquiry 13 March Announcement
Yesterday, the Infected Blood Inquiry set out its intention to publish an additional report. The Inquiry also published a number of witness statements, including ones provided by the Cabinet Office, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority and a number o...
End of year update on the government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations
The Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report was published on 20 May 2024 and made 12 recommendations. The recommendations made by Sir Brian Langstaff are wide-ranging, well considered, and necessarily complex.In the months since the publication of the Inqui...
Update on Interim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected Blood
In 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 the use of infected blood and blood products in the NHS. The infected blood sca...
Infected Blood Compensation Authority Independent Member Appointments
I should like to inform the House that I have appointed three interim Non-Executive Board Members to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority under Part 3 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024:Russell Frith, appointed as an Interim Audit and Risk Board M...