Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Gwynne Excerpts

Tuesday 7th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jeremy Hunt]

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right: violence reduction units reduce crime and save lives. I want to thank him, because he was one of the first colleagues who, ahead of the Budget, brought to my attention how impressive the results are. As a result, I was able to make it a national policy in the Budget.

[Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)]

T7. Many of those campaigning for justice in the contaminated blood scandal will have been encouraged by the reporting in The Sunday Times over the weekend. Given that time is of the essence, will the Chancellor please indicate by which date the promises will be fulfilled?

[Jeremy Hunt]

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the Government are taking this issue very seriously, and we completely understand that speed is of the essence. It is now only a matter of days before the report will be published; we have always said that we want to publish our response very quickly after that and I assure the hon. Gentleman that we will not hang around.