Infected Blood Inquiry: Compensation Scheme - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:29 pm ar 22 Mai 2024.

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Photo of Lord Dobbs Lord Dobbs Ceidwadwyr 3:29, 22 Mai 2024

My Lords, something really rather terrible has been going on, because it is not just the infected blood scandal that we are suffering from. We have the Post Office scandal that has gone on for 25 years and counting, and the Hillsborough Stadium disaster lingered on for 35 years. We have the Rotherham grooming scandal, which is another three decades; the Stephen Lawrence inquiry, with the family requiring two decades to get justice; and the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash—another two decades. Something has gone very badly wrong with our system of justice; these scandals have become endemic in our system of government. I ask my noble friend to reflect on that and to perhaps propose what we are planning to do to stop our fabled system of justice becoming junk.