The former health secretary says the state can sometimes 'close ranks around a lie'.
Jenni Richards QC asked whether a 2012 briefing for new ministers in the health department - "almost certainly" not shown to Mr Hunt at the time - stating, under a heading "Key facts", hepatitis C and HIV infection had been a problem in the 1970s and 80s, "before it was possible to screen donors and make products safer", suggested the contamination had been an "unavoidable problem".
"At the very least, ministers should be aware as politicians that this is contentious and disputed by families - but I'm afraid it tries to suggest the issue is closed when it is not." The language used in documents suggested an "institutional closing of ranks" that tried to protect people perceived to be "doing the right thing", Mr hunt said.
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