Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Commons · Question 44815 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Witherden
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme to distinguish between people subjected to deliberate, non-consensual trials and other people.
Answer
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds, 22 Apr 2025
Corrected 22 Apr 2025 by Nick Thomas-Symonds
The Infected Blood Inquiry Report highlights many ethical failings that happened as part of the Infected Blood Scandal. The impact of these ethical failings on infected people has been recognised in the compensation scheme's core autonomy award. In his su...