Rishi Sunak was heckled for failing to answer questions over delays to a full compensation scheme for victims of the NHS infected blood scandal
However, he declined to give a timeframe for when the scheme might be widened to those whose children or parents died.
Mr Sunak faced questions over correspondence about preparing for the"inevitable" compensation scheme sent to him by Penny Mordaunt, then paymaster general, when he was chancellor in 2020.The prime minister said officials dealt with the inquiries. The audience groaned as Mr Sunak answered:"Now, having not been at the time responsible for initiating this inquiry in 2018, 2017 when it was announced and determining its terms of reference, it's hard for me to second guess the process that was envisaged at the time or what I would have done differently."
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