MPs have backed a move to speed up compensation for victims of the NHS infected blood scandal, delivering the prime minister his first Commons defeat.
Ministers will now have to set up a body to run the scheme within three months of a new bill becoming law.
The vote was passed by 246 votes to 242 after 22 Conservatives rebelled.
The Haemophilia Society said Rishi Sunak "should be ashamed" he had been forced "to do the right thing".
Source: BBC News, 5 December 2023
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