Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to provide public funding for legal representation for people making infected blood compensation claims.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Government has accepted the moral case for compensation. The details of how a compensation scheme would be delivered, including whether public funding would be provided for legal representation, is yet to be determined.
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to appoint the Chair of the infected blood compensation arms length body.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Government has not yet taken a decision on accepting the recommendations of the Inquiry’s second interim report and will continue to update Parliament in due course on this matter.