PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Petition - 17 May 2024 (Commons/Commons Chamber)
Debate Detail
Contributions from Kerry McCarthy, are highlighted with a yellow border.
11:44:23
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
I rise to present a petition on the recommendations of the infected blood inquiry on behalf of the residents of my constituency. The petition
“Declares that people who received infected blood and who have suffered as a consequence, have, along with their families, waited far too long for redress.”
This includes Margaret and Catherine, the widows of brothers Bill and Michael Payne, who were just two of the boys infected with contaminated blood at the now infamous Treloars school. These were boys with haemophilia, supposedly under specialist care, but—in the words of another former pupil—they were treated like lab rats. The petition also states:
“The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to implement the recommendations in the Second Interim Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry without delay.
And the petitioners remain, etc.”
Following is the full text of the petition:
[The petition of residents of the constituency of Bristol East,
Declares that people who received infected blood and who have suffered as a consequence have, along with their families, waited for too long for redress.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to implement the recommendations in the Second Interim Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry without delay.
And the petitioners remain, etc.]
[P002992]
“Declares that people who received infected blood and who have suffered as a consequence, have, along with their families, waited far too long for redress.”
This includes Margaret and Catherine, the widows of brothers Bill and Michael Payne, who were just two of the boys infected with contaminated blood at the now infamous Treloars school. These were boys with haemophilia, supposedly under specialist care, but—in the words of another former pupil—they were treated like lab rats. The petition also states:
“The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to implement the recommendations in the Second Interim Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry without delay.
And the petitioners remain, etc.”
Following is the full text of the petition:
[The petition of residents of the constituency of Bristol East,
Declares that people who received infected blood and who have suffered as a consequence have, along with their families, waited for too long for redress.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to implement the recommendations in the Second Interim Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry without delay.
And the petitioners remain, etc.]
[P002992]
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