CONTAMINATED BLOOD PRODUCTS PUBLIC INQUIRY

Early day motion 1816, tabled 26 October 2004 by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 42 members.

That this House notes the severe illness and deaths of haemophiliacs and some partners from HIV and hepatitis C, caused by the use of contaminated blood products, and the potential for future deaths from vCJD; and supports the Haemophilia Society in its call for an independent public inquiry into the contamination of haemophilia treatment since the 1970s, in particular the failure to make the UK self-sufficient in blood products, the failure in some parts of the UK to make a timely switch to virally inactivated treatment when this became available from 1985 and the failure to make timely provision of genetically-engineered recombinant Factor VIII and IX for all haemophiliacs.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 21, Labour 16, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.