Letter from Alan Milburn MP to Baroness Jay of Paddington regarding decision to provide ex-gratia payments to people with vCJD. States that the decision not to compensate those infected with Hepatitis C is due to the policy that compensation is only paid when the NHS is at fault. States that circumstances for those with vCJD in contrast is the result of a unique set of circumstances. Distinguishes the Irish Hepatitis C Compensation Scheme as being giving in specific circumstances which do not apply in the UK.