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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A) Minister after minister denied their pleas for a public inquiry; it was only in 2017 that Prime Minister Theresa May announced there would be an enquiry into this appalling tragedy that should never have happened. B) On top of all this, the victims - not just those who were infected, but the loved ones who cared for them, the parents who had to nurse their dying children, those who were orphaned - have for decades been gasli t by the state in their search for truth and jus tice. C) The enquiry, chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff, will publish its final report next month. D) But cognisant that so many living victims are on 'borrowed time' - that they are dying as a result of state failures - he published an interim report in April 2023 setting out how a compensation scheme should work so it could be instituted without dela y. E) A year later, almost 100 further victims are estimated to have died. Yet no compensation has been paid save for an interim payout of £100,000 in October 2022 that was made only to living victims and the bereaved partners of those who died.