The Prime Minister and Chancellor will both appear at the Infected Blood Inquiry later in July - as inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff seeks answers about the Government's response to the contaminated blood scandal "and the question of compensation".
The shock new hearings were announced last week and will take place in the week commencing July 24. Penny Mordaunt - the current Leader of the House of Commons and former Cabinet Office minister will give evidence first, followed by her successor Jeremy Quin.
Department of Health and Social Care official Shona Dunn will also appear, before PM Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt give evidence on July 26 and July 28 respectively. The inquiry chair Sir Brian - a former High Court judge - made the shock decision to schedule further hearings at the end of June.
