Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
The awkward exchange came as the government finally set out the payment scheme being set up for those whose lives were shattered by the controversy.Tens of thousands of NHS patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis B and C after being treated in the 1970s, 80s and 90s with contaminated blood products imported from the United States. More than 3,000 of them have died so far.
A damning report published yesterday by Sir Brian Langstaff said the victims had been “betrayed” by successive governments as officials engaged in a decades-long “cover up”.as prime minister after the government tried to prevent the expansion of the compensation scheme to include the parents and children of victims.
“They have waited an incredibly long time for justice and for the truth and today was about that, and that’s why I rightly as prime minister offered an unequivocal apology to everyone affected by this appalling scandal.”Cabinet Office minister John Glen told MPs today: “Those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation.
He said that on top of the £100,000 interim payments made to victims, they will each receive a further £210,000 within 90 days. Although Glen did not put a total figure on the amount of compensation which will be paid out, it is likely to be at least £10 billion.Ken Clarke Facing Calls To Be Stripped Of His Peerage Over Infected Blood ResponseSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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