North East MPs are among those to have highlighted how by not setting up a scheme to pay full compensation to victims of the contaminated blood scandal now, the Government was "accepting that more victims will not live to see justice".
MPs Mary Glindon, Ian Lavery and Liz Twist told a House of Commons debate of the suffering of their constituents affected by the lethal scandal - often called the NHS's biggest ever treatment disaster and which saw thousands given blood transfusions or blood-based treatments containing lethal viruses including HIV and hepatitis C.
Just days later, it was announced that the ongoing independent public inquiry into the scandal has scheduled extra hearings to hear from the Government on the issue of compensation.
