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Caroline Flint and special advisors met to discuss how to respond to Lord Archer's request for cooperation.

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William Connon expressed concern that by cooperating with the Inquiry the Department of Health could be in a difficult situation if the Inquiry concluded that the Government of the day was at fault

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Elizabeth Woodeson sought agreement that a reply to Lord Archer would not include an offer for officials to give evidence.

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Hugh Taylor agreed with Elizabeth Woodeson that officials should not offer to give evidence to the Archer Inquiry but should offer to meet with the Inquiry team to discuss how the Department might assist

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In a memo from William Connon to Caroline Flint reasons were set out as to why officials should not give evidence to the Archer Inquiry.

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The Secretary of State for Health responded to Lord Archer offering a meeting with officials and a copy of Linda Page's report.

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An email from William Connon said that it was not agreed the Department of Health would appear before the inquiry but ministers were keen to be as helpful as possible

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A chronology with dates on which certain tests of blood donations were introduced was provided to the Archer Inquiry.

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The chronology provided to the Archer Inquiry directed readers towards the NHS Blood and Transplant website for further information

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The Linda Page report and supporting references were provided to the Archer Inquiry

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Vijay Mehan informed Lord Archer and Judith Willetts that he had tried to put the Department of Health off inviting William Connon describing him as a "clog in the wheels"

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Letters were sent out from the Department of Health appearing to suggest that the Archer Inquiry had ignored requests for a meeting

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In a letter, the Archer Inquiry team objected to the idea that they had ignored requests by the Department of Health for a meeting, as no meetings had been requested.

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Lord Ara Darzi responded to a parliamentary question from Lord Jenkin stating that officials were co-operating fully with the Archer inquiry team and had met with them

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Letters were sent clarifying that there had been a misunderstanding and that in fact the Department of Health had met with Lord Archer's Inquiry team and released documents.

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Vijay Mehan described getting easy information out of William Connon as like getting blood out of a stone

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William Connon wrote that he had asked Mr Mehan to submit Lord Archer's questions in advance of a meeting

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Officials were critical of the questions received from the Archer Inquiry team and their apparent lack of knowledge.

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After meeting with the Archer Inquiry team, officials criticised their lack of knowledge

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Email correspondence from William Cannon around the Archer Inquiry held that they should try to discourage detailed discussions about the issues raised in the Inquiry

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