Growing calls for Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage over infected blood scandal

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Calls are growing for former Health Secretary Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage after being convicted of "indefensible" actions during the infected blood scandal.

Calls for Lord Clarke to be expelled from the House of Lords are “entirely understandable”, a minister has said.

Mel Stride also said the great conservative still had questions to answer. on the biggest healthcare failure in UK history.

The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry accused Lord Clarke of “misleading” the public and attacked his “combative style” during his testimony.

Former Health Secretary Ken Clarke

He was criticized by the inquiry's chairman, Sir Brian Langstaff, for for suggesting that there was "no conclusive evidence" that AIDS could be spread through blood.

His claims that "the activists blamed everything on me because I later became a well-known personality" and that they were trying to "find a celebrity whose fault it was", also been convicted.

Clive Smith, president of the Haemophilia Society, said Lord Clarke's involvement in the official inquiry had been "appalling".

When asked asked whether Lord Clarke should remain in the Lords, he replied to LBC: "Wrote to us in the Upper House when it was suggested that he would be granted a peerage, saying: 'Please don't Don't do this right away, wait until the Infected Blood Investigation has reported."

"Now we have the findings of the Infected Blood Investigation report, I think our letter was timely and completely accurate.

"The manner in which he testified (at the inquest) was appalling."

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