The Prime Minister has apologised to hundreds of people in Scotland who contracted HIV and Hep C as a result of being given contaminated blood.
David Cameron's comments came after the publication of a report set up by the Scottish government to look into whether or not more could have been done to prevent the victims - many of whom were haemophiliacs - being infected.
Speaking at the last Prime Minister's Questions before the General Election, Mr Cameron said: "To each and every one of those people I would like to say sorry on behalf of the Government for something that should not have happened.
"While it will be for the next government to take account of these findings, it is right that we use this moment to recognise the pain and the suffering experienced by people as a result of this tragedy.
"It is difficult to imagine the feelings of unfairness that people must feel at being infected with hepatitis C and HIV as a result of a totally unrelated treatment within the NHS."
Mr Cameron also paid tribute to Lord Penrose who was due to present his findings from the public inquiry but could not do so because he is seriously ill.
A statement read on Lord Penrose's behalf said: "For people infected by HIV/Aids and/or hepatitis C, the impact on their lives and the lives of their loved ones has often been devastating.
"I would also comment on the often forgotten suffering of clinical staff, who discovered that the treatments they thought were beneficial to patients actually caused them to become infected with life-threatening conditions.
"They too have been affected, especially when accused of knowing or deliberate attempts to harm patients."
The statement was met with scepticism by some of those listening with a number calling out "Whitewash!" at its conclusion.
Victim Bruce Norval said the report was "a piece of nonsense".
He went on: "It does not match the evidence, it does not match the charges. It doesn't address the main issues. It degrades patient opinion against medical opinion despite the fact that doctors very clearly have more to lose through an adverse report than we do."
The sole recommendation from Lord Penrose's report was that people who had blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s and before 1991 should be tested for hepatitis C.
Scotland's Health Secretary Shona Robison late apologised on behalf of the NHS and her government.
Thousands more people in England and Wales were also infected with contaminated blood because the NHS at the time did not screen blood.
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