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Contaminated Blood

Emergency debate on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Diana Johnson. The answering members were Sharon Hodgson and Philip Dunne.
Motion that this House has considered the need for an independent public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal. Emergency debate following a Standing Order No. 24 application. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
627 cc174-222 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Contaminated Blood
Monday, 10 July 2017
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Diana Johnson | 627 c174 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the need for an independent public inquiry in...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 627 c174 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is completely right to thank all those people, but there is one person missing fro...


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Diana Johnson | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those comments, but this is down to the combined effort of so...

Stephen Doughty | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has been dogged in her determination and in not giving up. M...

Diana Johnson | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes that point well.

I want to comment on how we handle disasters and on t...

Norman Lamb | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

I add my congratulations to the hon. Lady on her brilliant leadership on this issue. While the an...

Diana Johnson | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The timetabling of any inquiry needs to be set...

Jim Cunningham | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on that point, and I congratulate her and Andy Bur...

Diana Johnson | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

Just like every other Member, I have only seen what is out in the media, and I understand that th...

Oliver Heald | 627 c175 (Link to this contribution)

I join in the tributes to the hon. Lady and the all-party group, of which I have been a member, b...

Diana Johnson | 627 c176 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. The right hon. and learned Gentleman makes a good point and I will come on to that .<...

Mark Tami | 627 c176 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case, and I thank her for all her work. As she said at the be...

Diana Johnson | 627 cc176-7 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This tragedy has taken the life of more than 2,400 people wit...

Anne Main | 627 c177 (Link to this contribution)

My constituent, who does not wish to be named, wants us to include the remit of the Skipton Fund ...

Diana Johnson | 627 c177 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes an important point.

Chris Ruane | 627 c177 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her work on this issue. I welcome the fact that there will be a ...

Diana Johnson | 627 cc177-8 (Link to this contribution)

Those are important questions for any inquiry to address.

On today’s announcement, the West...

Chris Stephens | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the hon. Lady’s chairpersonship of the all-party parliamentary group. My constit...

Diana Johnson | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and I certainly agree .

Jim McMahon | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her outstanding leadership on this important issue. My constit...

Diana Johnson | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is correct. We need to look carefully at the support that has been provided for th...

Jo Stevens | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

I add my thanks, on behalf of my constituent Haydn Lewis and his family. Haydn and his brother ha...

Diana Johnson | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

That is an excellent point, and it needs to be considered.

Hywel Williams | 627 c178 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. I pay tribute to her on behalf of my constituent J...

Diana Johnson | 627 cc178-181 (Link to this contribution)

That goes to the heart of it. There has never been any finding of liability, which has resulted i...

John Bercow | 627 c179 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Just before I call the first speaker from the Back Bench, I should say that at this stage ...

John Bercow | 627 c179 (Link to this contribution)

Do we really have to have it? I know what I am doing and am perfectly capable of handling the mat...

John Bercow | 627 c179 (Link to this contribution)

No, no. I do not need to be advised by the right hon. Gentleman on the handling of the debate. Le...

Nadhim Zahawi | 627 cc179-183 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to you, Mr Speaker. May I join colleagues in paying tribute to the hon. Member...

Albert Owen | 627 c183 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on her lead...

Nadhim Zahawi | 627 c183 (Link to this contribution)

I think the victims who looked at the Scottish settlement have taken that point on board—that is ...

John Bercow | 627 c183 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. Just before more Opposition Member...

Sharon Hodgson | 627 cc183-5 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for your guidance, Mr Speaker.

First and foremost, thanks must go to my outstandi...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 627 c185 (Link to this contribution)

Two of my constituents have two particular matters that they want the inquiry to consider: first,...

Sharon Hodgson | 627 c185 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. The evidence on those things has been well documente...

Catherine West | 627 c185 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the report, “Self Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wal...

Sharon Hodgson | 627 cc185-6 (Link to this contribution)

All of this evidence will have to be examined. In recent days, constituents affected by this scan...

Philip Dunne | 627 cc186-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank you, Mr Speaker, for explaining to the House the sequence in which we are speaking today ...

Norman Lamb | 627 c187 (Link to this contribution)

I am very pleased with the news that the Minister has just confirmed. Will he ensure that the pro...

Philip Dunne | 627 c187 (Link to this contribution)

I shall come on directly to the form that the independent inquiry should take, and I hope that th...

David TC Davies | 627 c187 (Link to this contribution)

Will my hon. Friend tell the House whether the terms of the inquiry will allow for recommendation...

Philip Dunne | 627 c187 (Link to this contribution)

I shall make a little progress, then endeavour to answer that.

My right hon. Friend the Sec...

Diana Johnson | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for what the Minister is saying, but can he give a time estimate of when the meetin...

Philip Dunne | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady, who has taken an active lead in encouraging inquiries, will want to make sure that...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister has mentioned the Department of Health, and he will know that my constituents live u...

Philip Dunne | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

We recognise that there is a legitimate interest for all constituent nations in the United Kingdo...

Andrew Bridgen | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that, quite rightly, the inquiry has to give answers to the victims of ...

Philip Dunne | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with my hon. Friend.

Philip Dunne | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

I shall make a little progress on devolved matters before responding to other colleagues. Regardl...

Lady Hermon | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

First, I apologise to the House, the Minister and to you, Mr Speaker, for not being present at th...

Philip Dunne | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

We will ask the Northern Ireland Office to facilitate discussions with officials and representati...

Albert Owen | 627 c188 (Link to this contribution)

On the point about devolution made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson), i...

Philip Dunne | 627 c189 (Link to this contribution)

The scope of the inquiry will be determined as part of the discussions which, as I have said, wil...

Kevin Foster | 627 c189 (Link to this contribution)

I very much welcome the Minister’s comments. Will he confirm that when the scope of the inquiry i...

Philip Dunne | 627 c189 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend will recollect that the recent Hillsborough inquiry gave rise to certain informati...

Philip Dunne | 627 c189 (Link to this contribution)

I must make progress, because Mr Speaker has encouraged me to take 10 minutes so that everyone ca...

Stephen Doughty | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for what he said about input into the inquiry. As the new chair of the all-p...

Philip Dunne | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

I have just described the additional contribution to the financial scheme for England. It will be...

Julian Lewis | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

My constituent, Lesley Hughes, was infected with hepatitis C in 1970, but this was discovered onl...

Philip Dunne | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

I offer my sympathy to my right hon. Friend’s constituent for the challenges she finds herself fa...

Chris Stephens | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for being extremely generous in giving way. May I press him on the issue of ...

Philip Dunne | 627 c190 (Link to this contribution)

I think it would be appropriate to write to the inquiry, once that is established. I completely c...

John Bercow | 627 c191 (Link to this contribution)

I appeal to the Scottish National party spokesperson certainly not to exceed 10 minutes, and pref...

Philippa Whitford | 627 c191 (Link to this contribution)

As the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) said, 2,400 people have died foll...

Hywel Williams | 627 c191 (Link to this contribution)

I am reluctant to interrupt the hon. Lady’s remarks, but may I point out that the support also ex...

Philippa Whitford | 627 c192 (Link to this contribution)

The Scottish Government set up the Penrose inquiry, but I would assume that any inquiry will look...

Catherine West | 627 c192 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Lady agree that the lack of trust has been enhanced by documents such as “Self-Suff...

Philippa Whitford | 627 cc192-3 (Link to this contribution)

The inquiry will have to look at all those things. Documents, patients’ records, things that were...

Mims Davies | 627 cc193-4 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on securing this impo...

Philippa Whitford | 627 c194 (Link to this contribution)

It will be important that the inquiry goes far enough back. The decision to heat-treat albumin fo...

Mims Davies | 627 c194 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for that input. It is absolutely right that she, like all our constituents,...

Kelvin Hopkins | 627 c194 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady talks about a reformed scheme, and some people have fallen outside the existing sch...

Mims Davies | 627 c195 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing that point forward. There is nothing more frustrating for...

John Bercow | 627 c195 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Can I just advise the House that with the exception of the maiden speaker whom I am about ...

Anneliese Dodds | 627 cc195-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you very much indeed, Mr Speaker. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Kings...

Kevin Hollinrake | 627 c198 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, start by paying tribute to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) f...

Mark Pawsey | 627 c198 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the inquiry needs to consider the challenges faced by people affec...

Kevin Hollinrake | 627 c199 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. These terrible diseases have so many tragic implications. Thr...

Rebecca Pow | 627 c199 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a very good case. Does he agree that, while we welcome the Government’s ...

Kevin Hollinrake | 627 c199 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. The Minister may confirm at the end of the debate, if he gets the chance, tha...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 627 cc199-200 (Link to this contribution)

Order. May I remind hon. Members that Mr Speaker asked that speeches be kept to about five minute...

Alison Thewliss | 627 c200 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for her sterling wo...

Layla Moran | 627 c200 (Link to this contribution)

The Oxford Haemophilia Centre serves my constituents. I thank the hon. Member for Kingston upon H...

Alison Thewliss | 627 c201 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. I am glad that the hon. Lady raised that point, which I was about to move on ...

Anna Soubry | 627 cc201-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is the first time that I ha...

Andy Slaughter | 627 cc202-5 (Link to this contribution)

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), I became engaged in ...

Rebecca Pow | 627 cc205-6 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome you, Madam Deputy Speaker, as this is the first time I have spoken since you have been ...

Antoinette Sandbach | 627 c206 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way because I, too, have a constituent who has been in...

Rebecca Pow | 627 cc206-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I could not agree more. Transparency should be t...

Jessica Morden | 627 cc207-9 (Link to this contribution)

I want to speak in this debate on behalf of my constituents, Lin Ashcroft and the Smith family, v...

Kevin Foster | 627 cc208-210 (Link to this contribution)

It was interesting to hear the reflections of the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) a...

Lady Hermon | 627 c210 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Prime Minister recently made the wise announcement that...

Kevin Foster | 627 c210 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes a powerful point. I am sure that the Minister will have heard it and will wis...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 627 cc210-1 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is the first chance I have had to s...

Jonathan Djanogly | 627 c211 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case, and he has just mentioned a point that I was ...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 627 cc211-2 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. The constituents who have approached me are concerned abou...

Mike Amesbury | 627 c212 (Link to this contribution)

I am also pleased to speak on this occasion with you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. Picking ...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 627 c212 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. The point that I want to finish on—[ Interruption. ] Does the Mi...

Philip Dunne | 627 c212 (Link to this contribution)

Briefly. I remind the right hon. Gentleman, who is making some important points, that we intend t...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 627 c213 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention, because that reassures me and my constituents about the proc...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 627 c213 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I do not want to impose a formal time limit, but I would ask Members to try to keep to fou...

Victoria Atkins | 627 cc213-4 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I join other Members in paying tribute t...

Peter Heaton-Jones | 627 cc214-5 (Link to this contribution)

This is also the first time I have had the pleasure of speaking in this House with you in the Cha...

Caroline Johnson | 627 c215 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to start by echoing what has been said by so many in paying tribute to the victims of this...

Esther McVey | 627 c216 (Link to this contribution)

Trust is the key word—trust and faith, if people have that, in the inquiry. Every story is differ...

Caroline Johnson | 627 c216 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely; the victims and their families have the right and deserve to know what happened. They...

Tom Pursglove | 627 cc216-7 (Link to this contribution)

May I, too, welcome you to your new role, Madam Deputy Speaker? I am absolutely delighted. I cong...

Wendy Morton | 627 cc217-8 (Link to this contribution)

Like other hon. Members, Madam Deputy Speaker, I welcome you to the Chair. I also wish to put on ...

Simon Hoare | 627 cc218-9 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have a confession, or an apology, to m...

Bob Seely | 627 cc219-220 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Government very much for the announcement. I am new to the issue, and I pay tribute t...

Suella Braverman | 627 c220 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for calling the debate and f...

Jonathan Djanogly | 627 cc220-2 (Link to this contribution)

Welcome to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker, and thank you for squeezing me in at the end of the ...

Diana Johnson | 627 c222 (Link to this contribution)

It is delightful to see you in your new place in the Chamber, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulat...

Nick Smith | 627 c222 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that these blood products should have been withdrawn as soon as the ris...

Diana Johnson | 627 c222 (Link to this contribution)

That is a good point, and I hope the inquiry will be able to get to grips with it.

I am rea...

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