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John Horam defended in Parliament the Government's decision on the issue of financial compensation for people with haemophilia infected with Hepatitis C adopting the 'best treatment available at the time' line.

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A briefing to the Prime Minister on the Government's position on compensation for HCV cases adopted the 'tragic though it is' line.

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A briefing to the Secretary of State for a meeting with the Hemophilia Society on compensation for HCV cases included the 'best treatment available at the time' line.

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Baroness Meta Ramsay adopted the 'best treatment available at the time' line when responding to Lord Morris' question on help for those infected with HCV.

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A letter from the Department of Health on compensation for HCV cases adopted the 'tragic though it is' line.

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Baroness Helene Hayman adopted the 'best treatment available at the time' line when responding to Lord Morris' question on help for those infected with HCV.

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Baroness Helene Hayman was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health.

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The 'best treatment available at the time' line was taken in Wales in Sue Paterson's letter to T Kirby and Jane Hutt.

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Lines to take suggested in a memo from Sue Paterson to J Gregory and Jane Hutt included the 'best treatment available at the time' line.

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Lord Norman Warner informed Parliament that patients were given the best treatment available.

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Baroness Elizabeth Andrews informed Parliament that the financial assistance scheme for Hepatitis C was ex gratia and not compensatory as no liability could be attributed.

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The Government's position was that all reasonable care to make blood safe at the time was taken.

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Lord Warner stated that at the time there was no means of identifying or treating Hepatitis C, which was believed to be a mild infection.

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The briefing from Dr Rowena Jecock was that "the treatment given to haemophiliacs was the best available at the time and action was taken in good faith".

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Elizabeth Woodeson suggested to include in the Government's response to the Archer Inquiry a line that "we believe that people were offered the best treatment available at the time".

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In her briefing to Dawn Primarolo, Dr Rowena Jecock sought to distinguish the position in Ireland on the basis that "The Government here has never accepted any liability."

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Mr Justice Burton in "A and Others v National Blood Authority" concluded that surrogate testing should have been introduced by March 1988, and that Hepatitis C screening should have been routinely introduced earlier than it was, and hat it was not known and accepted by society that there was a risk of Hepatitis C from blood transfusions.

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The Prime Minister was provided with a detailed brief with regard to the High Court judgment on Hepatitis C and blood.

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Sue Inglis wrote to Dr Christine Swinson enclosing a photocopy of a lecture to GPs given by HM Coroner Richard Van Oppen. The letter highlighted "yet another bad experience" suffered by a family when presenting a death certificate to the registrar.

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A letter was sent from the Home Office to the NHS Executive about the approach of HM Coroner Richard Van Oppen in holding inquests into all AIDS-related deaths.

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