Rishi Sunak was heckled by audience members as he gave evidence at the infected blood inquiry
Mr Sunak said he understood victims have been “let down for decades by successive governments” but was met with disdain from the audience after his refusal to lay out a timeframe.
Mr Sunak replied: "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." Mr Sunak also failed to answer whether the government has plans in place on how to act when the inquiry conclusion is announced - despite being asked multiple times.The inquiry was established in 2017 to examine how thousands of patients in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
Thousands of adults and approximately 380 children received infected blood products or transfusions during treatment by the NHS, the inquiry previously heard.
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