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Minister for the cabinet office, John Glen, was speaking to journalists shortly before the Infected Blood Inquiry was due to release its final report on the scandal after seven years of investigation.Thousands of those infected with contaminated blood products between 1970 and 1991 are hoping this means they will now receive a government apology and some compensation.
So this morning, Reid asked Glen if the government will “go after” the pharmaceutical companies responsible for manufacturing the contaminated blood.Reid pointed out: “It was a year ago that the inquiry made its recommendations for compensation.”But Reid replied: “Sorry, Mr Glen, I know that you’re in a slightly tricky situation because you’re waiting for the inquiry, but you are here this morning doing interviews.
“I don’t think it’s acceptable for viewers or those who have suffered for you to simply stonewall what you’re going to do.”“I am not stonewalling,” Glen replied angrily. “I sat down in meetings – 18 meetings – over the last 2 weeks, and every single victim, one who spent the hour consuming seven pills, asking us not to address compensation today, because this was their day, the day of the inquiry.
Glen admitted that was a “perfectly reasonable question”, but added: “But it is also reasonable, given that the report hasn’t been published yet, for me as a government minister to read that carefully before I reflect on actions are possible.”questions Cabinet Office Minister John Glen on whether the government would consider asking the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the infected blood scandal to pay compensation.
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