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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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According to Lord Clarke's oral evidence, he only met clinicians at medical dinners occasionally and he did not meet with any patient groups.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence said that blood product was something that hardly came to him as the Minister for Health until the tragedy with people with haemophilia began to develop.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence described the idea that a minister had anything to do with the doctor patient relationship as complete nonsense.

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According to Lord Clarke's oral evidence, the Department of Health had a role in advising people and occasionally running campaigns and that there was constant interaction between the medical professions and the Department of Health.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence said that he was never responsible for blood products and the campaigners attributed everything to him because he later became a well known figure.

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