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In response to a letter seeking a public inquiry, John Hutton again repeated the line to take - that interests would not be best served by a public inquiry - with some added expressions of sympathy

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Alan Milburn asserted that "The Department of Health in England has advised that it has no intention of initiating any scheme for compensating this group."

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Sandra Falconer in a memo to Charles Lister noted that the Scottish Executive was seeking to maintain the common UK position.

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In a report regarding the BSE Inquiry, compensation issues were discussed, stating that HCV victims could be distinguished from those with vCJD.

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In an email from Charles Lister to Stephen Waring, patients with vCJD were distinguished from those with HCV and payments were given to those with vCJD rather than HCV.

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In a memo from Jill Taylor to Lord Hunt, vCJD was determined to be "the result of a unique set of circumstances for which society as a whole must bear a moral
responsibility."

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Alan Milburn wrote a letter to Baroness Jay explaining that he was "convinced" that both decisions (ie to make ex gratia payments to people with vCJD and the continued refusal to compensate people with haemophilia infected with Hepatitis C) "are perfectly defensible on their own merits."

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Jill Taylor wrote a memo to Sue Cartwright and Robert Allan noting the further intensification of the campaign for financial assistance, with requests from Lord Morris and Edward O'Hara MP to meet the Prime Minister.

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Campaigners from the Manor House group and Haemophilia Action UK staged a protest march demanding compensation.

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The judgment of Mr Justice Burton in A and Others v National Blood Authority was handed down.

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In light of the High Court judgment, Yvette Cooper requested a position paper setting out options. Briony Enser wrote the paper noting that although the judgment only placed a legal obligation to make payments to those awarded damages, "it introduces further questions of inequity and increases the moral pressure to do so."

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Officials published the Information Pages on Hepatitis C options document in response to a request from Yvette Cooper.

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Helene Shaw sent an email to Marsali Caig noting an amended line to take in response to an Early Day Motion regarding the Carpet of Lilies campaign, indicating that ministers were "reviewing the case for compensation" in light of representations from parliamentarians, the Haemophilia Society and other lobby groups.

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Charles Lister wrote a memo to Yvette Cooper advising that it would be difficult to provide payments to people with haemophilia without also making payments to those infected through blood transfusion.

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A meeting was held with the Minister of State for Health, John Hutton, who did not think that offering compensation was an option but asked officials to look into providing a social care support package similar to that of the vCJD scheme.

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Charles Lister wrote a memo to John Hutton recommending that the Minister await the outcome of a report from the Department of Health's Hepatitis C Steering Group.

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A briefing prepared for a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee on Health (involving ministers from across the UK) recognised that the existing line would be difficult to sustain in the rest of the UK if the Scottish Executive "commits to the Scottish Parliament report."

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Jane Colman sent an email to Charles Lister recording the agreement to hold the policy line that no payments would be made in respect of Hepatitis C infection through blood and blood products except where awarded by the courts.

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John Hutton, responding to an adjournment debate, acknowledged that the issue of compensation was "the most difficult decision of all".

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The speaking notes prepared for Baroness Hayman clearly suggested that the reasons at the time the scheme was introduced related to stigma and transmission to partners.

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