DHSC0003664_173 - Letter from Strachan Heppell to Mr Alcock - 14 Dec 1990

Letter from Strachan Heppell HSSG to Mr Alcock PS Sofs, re HIV/Haemophilia Litigation, the UK position the Steering Committee with whom they have been dealing covers England and Wales but not Scotland and Northern Ireland, the litigants in England and Wales are much further down the track, they have been working the bases that as before the matter will be settled on a UK basis. Macfarlane Trust they met today with the Macfarlane Trust to run over the ground with them and the Trust were also anxious to know whether the Government intended that the original MacFarlane Trust, which provides money according to need, would now have to be wound up. Cc Mr Dobson EHF1, Mr Powell SOLB3, Ms Christopherson, Mr Canavan.