Ken Clarke served as health secretary at pivotal moments in the infected blood scandal, which saw 30,000 patients infected with HIV and hepatitis and more than 3,000 deaths to date.
The Tory grandee, who was a key figure in Margaret Thatcher’s government, was handed a peerage by Boris Johnson in 2020. Campaigners including the Haemophilia Society at the time called for the honour to be put on hold until the public inquiry had reported its findings.
