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A letter from Dora East to Andrew March reflected the Department of Health's standard lines and discussed the question of parity with Ireland in relation to the UK.

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In her witness statement in the judicial review claim of R (March) v Secretary of State for Health, Deborah Webb noted that the rough initial cost for replicating in the UK a scheme with equivalent compensation to Ireland was £3-3.5 billion.

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Deborah Webb worked as a Principal Civil Servant in the Health Protection Division from 2005.

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Yemi Fagan noted in an email to Deborah Webb that ministers wanted the Department to be more on the front foot and take credit for the things the Government had done, such as setting up the Skipton Fund.

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Lord Archer and GIllian Merron discussed the level of payments, the proposed date for review of the Skipton Fund, and the issue of parity with Ireland.

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Andy Burnham, Paul Goggins, Dr Brian Iddon MP and affected haemophilia patients and their families met with Lord Morris.

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Lord Morris laid a Private Members' Bill, the Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill, in the House of Lords.

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Baroness Thornton held that the situation in Ireland was quite different from the situation in the UK regarding the compensation.

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Baroness Thornton held that the compensation scheme in the Republic of Ireland was set up in light of evidence of mistakes by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board.

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Lord Morris' Bill passed through the House of Lords and had its first reading in the Commons on the same day.

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Baroness Thornton corrected her parliamentary record in her statement to the House of Commons on 1 July 2009, distinguishing the situation in the UK from that in Ireland.

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Gillian Merron accepted an invite from Lord Morris to meet with him regarding her statement in the House of Commons.

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Gillian Merron met with Lord Morris.

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Gillian Merron met with Edward O'Hara MP and Sylvia Heal MP, where the question of comparability with Ireland was raised again.

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Gillian Merron's Assistant Private Secretary asked Dr Rowena Jecock to provide options for bringing forward the review of the Skipton Fund.

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Dr Rowena Jecock and her team published a briefing paper, which advised against bringing the review of the Skipton Fund forward on the basis that the Department of Health was already over-committed on funding for 2010-2011.

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Deborah Webb authored a briefing that outlined three alternative options following Gillian Merron's request for further advice on options to bring forward a review of the Skipton Fund.

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A meeting took place between the Secretary of State, Gillian Merron, Dr Rowena Jecock and Deborah Webb. A follow-up email confirmed Gillian Merron's clear preference to bring forward a full review of the Skipton Fund.

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Advice to make the announcement by way of a written ministerial statement was given by Dr Rowena Jecock.

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A briefing was provided to the Secretary of State advising that leave to appeal should be sought.

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