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Lord Owen, Secretary of State for Health in 1975, claimed the Department of Health failed to spend money allocated to stop the import of blood and blood products from abroad. Instead, the imports, particularly from the US, and including those tainted by HIV or hepatitis, continued – without his knowledge, he said.
During the Falklands war, the British government's request for international sanctions against Argentina fell on stony ground. But at a Bilderberg meeting in, I think, Denmark, David Owen stood up and gave the most fiery speech in favour of imposing them. Well, the speech changed a lot of minds. I'm sure that various foreign ministers went back to their respective countries and told their leaders what David Owen had said. And you know what? Sanctions were imposed
In September 2016, Lord Owen addressed an audience of campaigners and victims of the contaminated blood scandal, referring to a 'cover–up' and saying 'incriminating evidence' had been suppressed by the government. 'At every single stage, the truth has been there and people have evaded it, and that must carry a penalty.' Lord Owen was visibly distressed as he said: 'I have failed and I feel very miserable about it.'
