Simon Jenkins writes that public inquiries don’t give victims their lives back, and suggests that they only serve to line lawyers’ pockets while all that the victims want is compensation (Subpostmasters betrayed, contaminated blood victims forgotten: why is Britain so bad at righting wrongs?, 26 October).
As a lawyer who is privileged to act on behalf of a number of victims of the infected blood scandal, I can assure Mr Jenkins that the most important thing for those I represent is uncovering the truth which has been hidden from them for decades; compensation is important, but it is only one aspect of delivering justice to those infected and affected.
