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Jeremy Hunt told the Inquiry of a departmental "memory illusion" whereby people remember things as they would like them to have been

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Jeremy Hunt told the Inquiry that the State had not had an open mind to the issue of a public inquiry.

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Jeremy Hunt told the Inquiry that the government knew an inquiry may recommend large sums of compensation and for that reason did not want one.

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Jeremy Hunt described a reluctance in the NHS to listen to the stories of ordinary people and a view that harm to patients was part of the cost of doing business.

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Andy Burnham articulated fears around financial compensation as one reason for the Government's lack of action into the contaminated blood scandal.

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Carol Grayson had written to Alan Milburn about holding a public inquiry but he did not personally see this letter.

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Alan Milburn told the Inquiry that there had been a view in the Department that 'the facts were established'

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Chris Hall wrote to Mary Grindley confirming the view of successive governments that there was no justification for a public inquiry

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Nick Seddon wrote to David Cameron advising that there was little to be gained from holding a new Inquiry.

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Judgment of the judicial review brought by Andrew March

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A and Others v National Blood Authority held that blood screening tests should have been introduced earlier than they were

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In response to a Parliamentary questions, Jane Ellison said that another inquiry would not be in the best interests of those infected and affected as it would be expensive and delay plans to reform payment support schemes.

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A man infected with contaminated blood but not diagnosed with Hepatitis C until 35 years later, told the Inquiry that it was a travesty there had not been an inquiry

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Baroness Dawn Primarolo said that as Minister she was caught between arguments justifying a public inquiry and her Department's rebuttal of those arguments

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Strachan Heppell sent a memo to ministers and the Chief Medical Officer commenting that, regarding the AIDS litigation, there were really only two options: resist the action or seek an out-of-court settlement

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In his written statement Alan Milburn stated that he could not recall being asked to consider establishing a public inquiry

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Linda Page's Review of Documentation Relating to the Safety of Blood Products 1970-1985 (Non A Non B Hepatitis) Report and covering submission were sent to Richard Kelly

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Linda Page wrote to Jacky Buchan informing her of the plan to release Department of Health papers on blood safety between 1970 and 1985 to Lord Archer's inquiry

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Dawn Primarolo wrote to Lord Archer regarding the release of Department of Health papers to the Archer Inquiry

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Lord Archer thanked the Department of Health for trying to put information in the public domain

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