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Andy Kerr, Minister for Health and Community Care, asked Roseanna Cunningham, Convenor of the Health Committee, to reconsider the decision regarding the call for a public inquiry.

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Advice from officials in Scotland to Scottish ministers continued to be "very strongly against holding a public inquiry."

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In his evidence to the Inquiry, Professor Ludlam was asked about a view attributed to him that until the late 1980s the perception was that non-A non-B Hepatitis was a mild non-progressive condition. Professor Ludlam said that this was an "inaccurate summary of my perceptions" and that mid rather than late 1980s would be a more accurate reflection of his views.

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Jenni Richards KC

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Within her written statement to the Inquiry, Jane Ellison described how Scotland preferred to make different choices on scheme reform

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Letter from campaigners and charities to Theresa May requested that similar payment uplifts be made across all of the devolved nations

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Within the four Nation Ministerial teleconference commitment was made to achieving parity of support and an agreement that each nation should give one another due warning of any intended changes to support provided

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In a letter to Jackie Doyle-Price, David Lidington asked the Treasury to give urgent consideration to agreeing the disbursement of funds to Northern Ireland and Wales

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Clinical Review of the Impacts of Hepatitis C by the scottish expert group recommended that a further kidney condition should be added to the advanced Hepatitis C criteria, because it was a consequence of Hepatitis C infection which had a substantial negative impact on life expectancy

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Northern Ireland entered into an agreement which included the intention of the Executive to bring about parity in financial support in Northern Ireland with that in England.

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Robin Swann the health minister in Northern Ireland announced his his intention to carry out a phased approach to reforming the scheme on 27 January 2020.

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Robin Swann announced a permanent uplift of annual support rates in line with EIBSS, though without a special category mechanism.

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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acknowledged the lack of progress on parity since January 2019. Ministers proposed to "write to the Devolved Administrations requesting urgent engagement at official level on proposals to achieve greater parity."

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Following a meeting with campaigners in January 2020, ministers wrote to devolved administrations asking urgent considerations for their requests.

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A bid was submitted to the Spending Review that took place in autumn 2020 which incorporated the most generous aspects of support offered across the four nations.

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Matt Hancock told to the Inquiry that the bid submitted to the Spending Review. was unsuccessful, as the Treasury decided to do a one-year spending review because of the economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic.

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Penny Mordaunt wrote to the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock and stated that treasury must find the budget to make this happen.

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Penny Mordaunt stated that fixing the hardships of victims and their families would be the right thing to do

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Penny Mordaunt stressed the urgency of long overdue compensation.

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By March 2021, the Welsh government had no update on funding

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