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In her written statement, Baroness Helene Hayman explained that she clearly felt uneasy about the decision not to introduce a special payment scheme for those infected with Hepatitis C through NHS treatment.

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Baroness Hayman maintained the Government line in Parliament pertaining to no change in policy regarding requests for a public inquiry.

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Charles Lister wrote a memo to Baroness Hayman enclosing a draft letter to Lord Morris reaffirming the Government's position on the special payments question.

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Baroness Hayman wrote a letter to Lord Morris advising him that the Government would not change their position on the special payments question.

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Lee McGill wrote an email to Sheila Adam confirming the setting up of a meeting between Baroness Hayman, Sheila Adam, Charles Lister, and Mike McGovern.

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Sheila Adam sent a memo to Baroness Hayman referring to the distinction between haemophilia and HIV and HCV with regards to the litigation for compensation matters.

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Charles Lister emailed Sheila Adam discussing the HIV/HCV difficulties of financial assistance.

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Gwen Skinner wrote an email to Mike McGovern, Charles Lister and Ann Willins regarding haemophilia and HIV.

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Lord Morris asked Baroness Hayman to point to where social stigma and the danger of infecting partners were officially stated when the Government announced its HIV scheme.

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Baroness Hayman sought advice on how to respond to Lord Morris' question on social stigma and the danger of infecting partners.

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Calls for a public inquiry in the UK were put to Susan Deacon, Minister for Health and Community Care in the Scottish Executive.

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The inquiry which the Scottish Executive decided to undertake was to look at whether or not patients in Scotland with haemophilia were exposed to the risks of HCV longer than they should have been given the state of knowledge at the time.

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The Health and Community Care Committee of the Scottish Parliament met and discussed the Haemophilia Society's call for a full public inquiry, agreeing to wait for the internal report before considering any further inquiry.

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A petition was lodged against the Scottish Parliament calling for an inquiry.

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Philip Dolan was a leading campaigner in Scotland who became Convener of the Scottish Infected Blood Forum.

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Philip Dolan gave evidence to the Archer Inquiry.

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William Wright was chair of the Scottish committee of the Haemophilia Society.

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The petition to hold an inquiry was considered by the Health and Community Care Committee and it was again agreed to await the outcome of the Executive's internal review.

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Susan Deacon rejected a request by the Health and Community Care Committee for the internal review to also cover Hepatitis C infection arising from blood transfusions.

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Susan Deacon told the Health and Community Care Committee that she did not think it "appropriate to have further investigation of what happened 10, 15 or 20 years ago."

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