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NDM6191 - Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)

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Meeting: 25/01/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)

NDM6191

Julie Morgan (Cardiff North)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Hefin David (Caerphilly)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
 
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Calls on the UK Government to hold a full public inquiry into the contaminated blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s.

2. Notes that 70 people in Wales have died from HIV and Hepatitis C acquired when they received contaminated blood or blood products and others are still living with these diseases.

3. Acknowledges that bereaved relatives are living with the consequences of this tragedy.

4. Notes that, in March 2015, the UK Government apologised to people infected by contaminated blood treatment and further notes that the affected families have never received full answers about how this was allowed to happen and are still campaigning for justice.

Minutes:

The item started at 15.44

NDM6191

Julie Morgan (Cardiff North)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Hefin David (Caerphilly)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Calls on the UK Government to hold a full public inquiry into the contaminated blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s.

2. Notes that 70 people in Wales have died from HIV and Hepatitis C acquired when they received contaminated blood or blood products and others are still living with these diseases.

3. Acknowledges that bereaved relatives are living with the consequences of this tragedy.

4. Notes that, in March 2015, the UK Government apologised to people infected by contaminated blood treatment and further notes that the affected families have never received full answers about how this was allowed to happen and are still campaigning for justice.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.