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It’s taken 29 years for the government to admit it killed my father

Compensation is finally in sight for the victims of the infected blood scandal, including my dad

By Jason Evans
It’s taken 29 years for the government to admit it killed my father
Jason Evans, whose father was given infected blood and died of AIDS in 1993 | DSP (Darlow Smithson Productions)
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As I trawl through my father’s papers, I find a letter from MP David Lightbown dated 6 December 1990.

It opens: “Dear Mr and Mrs Evans. It was nice to meet you both and your small child at my advice bureau.” That “small child” was me, shortly after my first birthday, at my first meeting with an MP about the contaminated blood scandal.

I’m now 32, and I’m still meeting MPs about the same thing.

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