00:00 Those who have been infected or affected as a result of this scandal will receive compensation.
00:09 To be crystal clear, if you have been directly or indirectly infected by NHS blood, blood
00:19 products or tissue contaminated with HIV or hepatitis C, or have developed a chronic infection
00:28 from blood contaminated with hepatitis B, you will be eligible to claim compensation
00:35 under the scheme. And where an infected person has died but would have been eligible under
00:43 these criteria, compensation will be paid to their estate. And this will include where
00:51 a person was infected with hepatitis B and died during the acute period of infection.
01:00 But Mr Speaker, Sir Brian could not have been clearer. It's not just the harm caused by
01:06 the infections that requires compensation. It's also the wrongs suffered by those affected
01:14 that must also be compensated for. So when a person with an eligible infection has been
01:21 accepted under this scheme, their affected loved ones will be able to apply for compensation
01:27 in their own right. That means partners, parents, siblings, children and friends and family
01:38 who have acted as carers of those who are infected are all eligible.
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