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Exhibit 234

Prime Minister's Statement on the Infected Blood Inquiry

Exhibit 234 · Statement to Parliament

Prime Minister's Statement on the Infected Blood Inquiry

And third, to apologise for the institutional refusal to face up to these failings – and worse, to deny and even attempt to cover them up.

Apologizes for avoidable infections, institutional denial, concealment, destruction of records, and the delay in securing an inquiry.

Source
Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister's Office
Date
20 May 2024
Quoted from
Statement to the House of Commons, 20 May 2024, apology paragraphs
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-the-infected-blood-inquiry-20-may-2024
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding MED-13.3
Primary record The inquiry found that clinicians, institutions, civil servants, and politicians hid the truth through concealment, misleading statements, and failures of candor.