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A background note prepared within the Department of Health regarding the Haemophilia Society's campaign for compensation of those infected with Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products, stated that not all medical treatments were risk free and that if payments were offered the government would soon slip into a general no-fault compensation scheme.

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In a "Hansard" extract regarding the McFarlane Trust, Baroness Cumberlege was reported as saying that not all medical treatments were risk free and that if payments were offered the government would soon slip into a general no-fault compensation scheme.

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A note from Roger Scofield to Mr Abrahams asserted that "Ministers have denied that the Department have been in any way negligent and indeed the Haemophilia Society representatives have been at pains to make clear that their campaign is not in any way based on such a charge. Those patients who were infected were given the best treatment available at the time."

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In a letter from Gwilym Jones, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Welsh Office, to the father of a son infected with Hepatitis C it was stated that the Government made no plans to make payments to individuals with Hepatitis C.

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The Department of Health line to take continued to be that "Haemophilia patients received the best treatment available in the light of the medical knowledge at the time."

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In his letter to Rachel Squire MP, Lord Fraser QC noted that he believed most haemophilia patients were infected with Hepatitis C before blood products were used to destroy viruses and received the best treatment available in light of medical knowledge at the time.

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In his letter to Seamus Mallon MP, Malcolm Moss, Minister for Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland, asserted that patients had received the best treatment available in light of medical knowledge at this time.

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In his letter to Reverend Dr Ian Paisley, Malcolm Moss, Minister for Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland, asserted that patients had received the best treatment available in light of medical knowledge at the time.

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In his letter to Peter Robinson MP, Malcolm Moss, Minister for Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland, asserted that patients had received the best treatment available in light of medical knowledge at the time.

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In his minute to Welsh Ministers, Peter Davenport from the Health Services Division in the Welsh Office repeated the line "patients received the best treatment at the time".

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In his letter to Ann McIwrath, John Breen asserted that patients received the best treatment available in light of medical knowledge at the time.

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In his witness statement, John Breen stated that the Government's position towards the financial support for those infected with Hepatitis C was informed by the stencil letter from the NHS Executive.

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Leonard Levy, NHS Executive, provided John Breen, Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland, Sandra Falconer, the Scottish Office and Gareth Brydon, the Welsh Office, with approved draft letters to assist with responding to enquiries about haemophilia patients infected with Hepatitis C.

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A standard letter concerning haemophilia patients infected with Hepatitis C was further provided by John Breen, NHS Executive, to Sandra Falconer, the Scottish Office.

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Ann Towner, Department of Health, informed Gary Wildridge, Scottish Office, of the revised line concerning compensation of those infected with Hepatitis C through blood products, providing him with revised standard replies.

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Tony Newton, answering questions on behalf of the Prime Minister in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, responded that it was "an unhappy fact that the patients received the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time and that to offer compensation when no negligence or neglect was demonstrated would be a significant and substantial step".

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The line that patients received the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time continued to be used in Parliament.

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The Secretary of State for Health, Stephen Dorrell, used the same line, that patients received the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time, writing to Roy Hattersley MP.

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The line that patients received the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time, reflected the speech drafted by civil servants for Thomas Sackville, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, for an adjournment debate in July 1995, as well as the Q&A briefing that he received.

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A memo from Ian Snedden to Gerald Malone, the Minister of State, asserted that the Government had never accepted negligence in the treatment of people with haemophilia or other patients who became infected with Hepatitis C through blood transfusions or blood products, as these patients received the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time.

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