Contaminated Blood Scandal
The prime minister has been criticised for not acting a year ago.
The former Tory cabinet minister was criticised in the report into the scandal.
A public inquiry found tens of thousands had been 'betrayed" by successive governments.
'This Has Been Too Slow': Grant Shapps Admits Blood Scandal Victims Have Waited Too Long For Justice
The cabinet minister's comments came as the government prepares to unveil a £10 billion compensation package.
Some 22 Conservative MPs back Labour amendment supporting contaminated blood victims.
One man reveals how a misdiagnosis he received as a boy means he is now "living a death sentence", as the contaminated blood inquiry reopens.
Security measures are much tougher than at a similar public inquiry where the majority of participants are white.
Paul David Le Bourn contracted hepatitis C through blood transfusions after having his leg amputated.
As the eyes of the world focus on the Infected Blood Inquiry this week, so many traumatised victims have been unable to live their lives without proper closure – they must be listened to
Opening statements were heard by the Infected Blood Inquiry on Tuesday.
About Contaminated Blood Scandal
The contaminated blood scandal is a health disaster in which thousands of people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C (hep C) viruses through treatment with contaminated blood or blood products. The deadly treatments were used by the NHS in the 1970s and 1980s and as many as 3,000 people have since lost their lives. Many of those infected were haemophiliacs. The disaster is now the subject of a public inquiry in the UK.