Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [HL]

Wednesday 26th May 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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A Bill to establish a committee to advise on haemophilia; to make provision in relation to blood donations; to establish a scheme for NHS compensation cards for people who have been treated with, and infected by, contaminated blood or blood products; to make provision for the financial compensation of people treated with, and infected by, contaminated blood or blood products, and of their widows, dependants and carers; to establish a review of the support available for people who have been treated with, and infected by, contaminated blood or blood products; and for connected purposes.
The Bill was introduced by Lord Morris of Manchester, read a first time and ordered to be printed.