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Sir John Hannam, Sir Terence Higgins, Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, Robert Key, and John Marshall raised the issue to John Major that it should be considered that people with haemophilia with HCV should be compensated, like those with HIV.

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It was recommended to give a group hearing to a small group of MPs to discuss whether people with haemophilia with HCV should be compensated, like those with HIV.

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Mark Adams encouraging the Prime Minister to meet with the delegation of MPs to discuss whether people with haemophilia with HCV should be compensated, like those with HIV.

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The Prime Minister did not want to meet with the delegation of MPs to discuss whether people with haemophilia with HCV should be compensated, like those with HIV. Instead he wanted to issue a 'line to take'.

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A briefing for the Prime Minister stated that patients received "the best treatment available in the light of medical knowledge at the time" and characterised the MPs' request as being for compensation "for patients where, tragic though their circumstances are, no fault and no negligence on the part of the NHS has been proved".

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The Prime Minister refused to meet with John Marshall MP, stating that the compensation for people suffering with HIV reflected the 'very special nature of the HIV virus', and that this could not be applied to those suffering with HCV.

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The Haemophilia Society published a report which it had commissioned to examine the needs of people with haemophilia and Hepatitis C.

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The Secretary of State asked for David Tonkin's case to be investigated as he had been kept in the dark by medical professionals about his HCV infection.

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David Tonkin was not told for 2 years that he had HCV.

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A letter was sent to Roy Hattersley stating that Stephen Dorrell understood the decision regarding when to inform patients was made on "purely clinical grounds" and that there was no evidence of administrative error.

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A note prepared for the Secretary of State and for John Horam, suggested that it was reasonable to suppose the published evidence was "emotively and selectively used". Some criticisms were said to be of failings of clinical management by doctors and other healthcare professionals.

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A report was published regarding the Haemophilia Society's Hepatitis C Impact Study, including lines to take on the report's recommendations.

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A draft speech was prepared by officials pertaining to assistance to individuals who had haemophilia and Hepatitis C.

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A speech indicated that John Horam would like to read the Haemophilia Society's report thoroughly and that he would be interested to hear details of the proposal made by John Marshall MP.

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A letter was sent from a Treasury official to the Department of Health, expressing concern about what had been said.

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Lord John Horam stated that he had only seen the letter from Joseph Grice to Charles Dobson on 18 December 1995 when preparing his statement for the Inquiry.

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John Horam proposed a modest amendment to the Department's standard line, to add the words "'at present'" to the words "'we have no plans to make special payments'", which led to an expression of alarm by civil servants.

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Civil servants were asked to propose an alternative form of words which would convey that he wanted to read the Haemophilia Society's report carefully.

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John Horam requested a submission setting out costed options for compensation.

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Kevin Guinness acknowledged that the Treasury was unlikely to take any steps until the Prime Minister decreed something needed to be done and that until that time the Government should continue to firmly hold the line.

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