Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response
Debate between Lord Campbell-Savours and Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, is taking part remotely. I invite him to ask his question.
Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab) [V]
My Lords, with an infected blood compensation bill of £11 billion-plus and a further annual bill of £3 billion for misdiagnosis and incorrect medication, and then recognising the limitations on Commons inquiries due to Member availability, limited expertise and agenda pressures, does not this whole affair now demand an ad hoc inquiry into compensation arrangements administration in the Lords, drawing on our huge expertise in accountancy, healthcare and wider issues of compensation law? I am sure our people could find ways of speeding up the process and the scheme, saving a lot of public money that is currently unnecessarily feeding some areas of the legal and other professions. I suspect this will all end up in a VFM report before the Public Accounts Committee in years to come.
Ukraine: UK-USA Discussions
Debate between Lord Campbell-Savours and Lord Gardiner of Kimble(3 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Lord Campbell-Savours
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States of America on recent developments in Ukraine.
The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble)
My Lords, the first Oral Question is from the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, who is participating virtually.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Lord Collins of Highbury) (Lab)
My Lords, we share President Trump’s desire to bring this barbaric war to an end and remain in close touch with the US at every level. The Prime Minister spoke to President Trump most recently on 17 March and the Foreign Secretary spoke to his US counterpart on 19 March. A just and lasting peace in Ukraine is vital to UK national interests. We are playing a leading role in driving progress towards this goal together with the US, Ukraine and our international partners.