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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence admitted that he did not know how Factor 8 treatment was delivered and wondered if it was a pill to be taken at home.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence expressed the view that had the decision be taken to stop giving Factor 8 treatment, the government would have faced rage and fury from the haemophiliac community.

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Lord Clarke in his oral evidence said he was not the "blood products minister" and that it exasperated him that there was a tendency for campaigners and the press to blame him because he was one of the remaining best-known people involved.

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According to Lord Clarke's oral evidence, Dr Spence Galbraith's letter to Ian Field was material that should have been seen by all ministers and that if it had been sent to Lord Glenarthur then it was likely to have come to him.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Lord Clarke said he did not think he knew about the collection of blood from prisoners.

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in his oral evidence, Lord Clarke said he had no recollection of where the statement that there was no conclusive evidence that AIDS was transmitted by blood products came from and that it was likely prepared by legal representatives.

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When the SHHD became aware that the Edinburgh and South East Scotland's leaflet had started circulate, Dr Bell commented that it "looks as though, de facto, we are about to reach a situation in which there will be two slightly different leaflets."

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At the meeting it was stated that "at present there was no proof that the commercial concentrates were the cause of AIDS" and "it was agreed that patients...should continue to receive the NHS or commercial concentrates in their usual way."

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Dr Brookes told the SNBTS directors' meeting that "the only Scottish region to continue holding sessions" was now Glasgow, which held its final session on 25 March 1984.

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It was reported that there was a frequency of Hepatitis B in various donor groups, including new general public and factory donors, Armed Forces personnel, and inmates from prisons and borstals.

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Paul Winstanley stated "We shall obviously need to liaise closely with Home Office also since they have in the past been very much in favour of blood donation by prisoners."

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee was disbanded in July 1982, due to the MRC board's conclusion that its work was being duplicated elsewhere.

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Statistics following the emergence of AIDS in Los Angeles during 1981, where discussions around the disease were taking place including how the disease was described as an outbreak of "community acquired" pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

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By the time the AIDS leaflet were used in South East Scotland, the group of those identified as at risk in Scotland had been amended.

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Following discussions of the wording and production of the AIDS leaflet in 1983, it was highlighted that it was believed that AIDS could be transmitted through blood and blood products including Factor 8.

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Professor Hann stated that a lack of centralised government resulted in a failure to recognise the risks.

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Dr Scott described regular meetings between the SHHD and the DHSS and ongoing communication with regards to the discussion of the risks of AIDS but clarified that the SHHD did not automatically adopt DHSS policies.

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In 1985, the line to take for screening blood for HIV the DHSSNI followed the approach decided in Westminster.

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In 1983, it had become evident that the transmission of HIV through blood and blood products was likely.

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The 1984 AIDS donor leaflet introduced by the DHSS helped donors identify measures which would reduce infection.

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