On Wednesday 19th March, the House of Lords debated the second regulations on Infected Blood, laid by the Government in February. The Debate was opened by Baroness Anderson on behalf of the Government. Members participating in the debate stressed the importance of delivering compensation more quickly and raising concerns about the independence of the IBCA as well as a wide range of concerns regarding the development of compensation overall and the content of the second regulations in particular.
The debate is available to watch online on Parliamentlive.tv (House of Lords) – the debate starts at 8pm
The full transcript is also available online here