<p>Rare Diseases</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:54 pm on 1 March 2017.

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Photo of Julie Morgan Julie Morgan Labour 2:54, 1 March 2017

I was very pleased to meet patients and families who are affected by haemophilia and contaminated blood at the rare disease event that David Melding referred to. As the Cabinet Secretary knows, I’m very concerned about the treatment of people with haemophilia who were given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s, which has resulted in 70 deaths in Wales and many more other families affected. I’m aware that he wrote to his counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, last year giving his support for a public inquiry into the scandal. I wondered if he could tell us if he has had a response and, if he hasn’t, what further he intends to do, and, if he has, what is his reaction?