Infected Blood Inquiry - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:43 pm on 24 April 2024.

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Photo of Lord Turnberg Lord Turnberg Labour 3:43, 24 April 2024

My Lords, this has been an unimaginable tragedy, and we must move to compensate those who have been affected by it as quickly and as well as we can. One part of it is worth thinking about, which is trying to ascribe malign intent to those who were involved in giving this product in the hope that it would stop the bleeding and potential death of children. That was the intent in using factor 8 at the time. It had tragic consequences and many mistakes were made, but we must not assume malign intent on the part of the people involved.