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In his oral evidence about his time as Minister for Health at the DHSS, Lord Owen stated that although the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland would make their own decisions, they would tend never to go against the grain of the decisions taken in England.

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Dr Mark Winter in his oral evidence to the Inquiry described two cases demonstrating how some people with haemophilia were treated elsewhere than at haemophilia centres and the consequences of treatment in such circumstances where those treating might have had limited understanding of the risks of treatment.

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A group meeting with patients was held to discuss AIDS. According to Professor Christopher Ludlam's oral evidence, clinicians were still wrestling with the ethics of whether to inform patients about AIDS at this time, but decided to hold the meeting as the Yorkshire Post would publish a story within days.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, during her time at the Med SEB it was apparent that the transmission of non-A non-B hepatitis from blood products was a significant problem and had the potential to lead to chronic liver disease.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence to the Inquiry, she wrote a minute to Mr Harley and spoke "quite forcibly" about the lack of awareness of the potential that Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis could cause severe chronic disease.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, the DHSS did not take any steps to ensure that clinicians, patients cohorts or representative bodies such as the Haemophilia Society were aware of the serious nature of Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis because the DHSS relied on clinicians as professionals to make themselves aware of issues.

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In her oral evidence, Dr Diana Walford indicated that on questions of treatment risks and benefits, the DHSS was guided by and deferred to the UKHCDO's views as it represented the group with relevant expertise.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was received in the Med IMCD and the expectation would be that it should have been referred to the Med SEB because it concerned blood and blood products.

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Dr Clarke was copied into correspondence as the doctor covering for Dr Diana Walford in Med SEB while Dr Walford was on maternity leave.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, following reading about the case of the baby who contracted AIDS through platelets transfusion she had the sense that AIDS was transmitted through blood and blood products.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, AIDS was one of the primary concerns of Med SEB and Med ICMD.

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According to Dr Diana Walford's oral evidence, there was no formal consideration of strategies that could have been devised to reduce reliance on commercial concentrates and it was thought to be logistically impossible to switch to cryoprecipitate use at the level that was needed.

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According to Lord Glenarthur's oral evidence, the discovery of HIV infections in Scotland through Scottish produced Factor 8 was not brought to his attention.

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Lord Clarke told the Inquiry that he did not have much interaction with Sir Henry Yellowlees as Chief Medical Officer.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence stated that he would have read the recommendations of the European Council of Ministers before accepting or adopting them.

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Lord Clark in his oral evidence said that it was the responsibility of clinicians to advise patients about minimising risks.

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Having accepted the need for an AIDS leaflet, Kenneth Clarke expressed the view that there should be an emphasis on how few cases of AIDS there had been. Lord Clarke explained to the Inquiry that the reason for this was to minimise panic.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence said his view was that call up cards should not be added to the AIDS leaflets because it could make the Department of Health seem homophobic.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence said that he intervened in the production of the first AIDS leaflet to avoid "mayhem" that could damage the blood transfusion system.

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Lord Clarke accepted in his oral evidence that the second AIDS leaflet took far too long to be produced.

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