The MP for Brighton, Kempton from 2017, 2019 and until 2024 was Lloyd Russell-Moyle. His final speaking contribution in Parliament was about the discussion for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme on 21st May. There were many other MPs who spoke at the same time including Caroline Lucas who is the retired Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, Peter Bottomley from West Worthing and Caroline Ansell from Eastbourne. Lloyd’s statement and all of the other comments can be seen here. We can also observe that the new MP for Kemptown is Chris Ward and we can benefit from them shortly, but here is the last statement from Lloyd in Parliament:

I pay tribute to my constituent Mark Ward, who is here today. He contacted me soon after I became a Member of Parliament and, like many, has continued to be a dogged campaigner. This report is some vindication, but justice will not be served until the campaigners have seen all aspects of the report being implemented.

I want to ask a few specific questions. The Minister said that he could not set the interim payments above £210,000 because of a fear of the safety of those payments. Is he therefore implying that £210,000 is the potential minimum payment that he expects? It is lower than the minimum interim payment for sub-postmasters, so I would like some clarity on what that means.

The Minister also says that he expects the payments to start within 90 days. Does he mean 90 days from now, to be completed by the summer, or a 90-day period in the summer? That was not quite clear.

Finally, public inquiries are at the gift of the Prime Minister. There is no formal way of agreeing to an inquiry, apart from campaigners and Members such as my right hon. Friend Dame Diana Johnson forcing the Prime Minister to take action, which does not seem like a coherent way to right wrongs in this country. Will we start to think about a proper public inquiries reform that includes a duty of candour, a public advocate and a way for Committees of this House to launch such inquiries when serious matters occur?