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Sir Hugh Taylor told the Inquiry that during his tenure as Permanent Secretary the Government placed a high bar on holding public inquiries.

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Lord Archer wrote to Patricia Hewitt informing her that he would chair an independent inquiry

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William Connon emailed emphasising that the government had not agreed to cooperate with the Archer Inquiry.

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John Hutton spoke to Susan Deacon MSP explaining that he was "holding the line on compensation." He told her that there was "anxiety" that a new administration in Scotland might opt for a "different and conscious change of position", which would "create significant difficulties for us if people in Scotland can be compensated but those in England cannot."

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A memo from Charles Lister to Yvette Cooper advised that Frank Dobson was minded to support a scheme limited to people with haemophilia with Hepatitis C but was persuaded from this by officials and Margaret Jay.

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The minutes of the Yvette Cooper and Manor House Group meeting recorded the Minister agreeing to ask officials to refer to the papers from the period to get a fuller picture of what the known risks were on Hepatitis C.

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The minutes of a meeting on self-sufficiency in blood products advised that officials were looking at the compensation proposals recently submitted by the Haemophilia Society.

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A memo from Robert Finch to Hazel Blears recorded an agreement with officials that they would undertake a detailed review of the surviving papers between 1973 and 1985 in order to create a chronology of events.

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A report of the Hepatitis C Working Party to the Haemophilia Society addressed the issue of what the likely overall cost of a scheme to provide financial recompense for HCV to people with haemophilia might be.

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An email from Charles Lister to Mary Agnew and others outlined that the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Kilburn, remained unequivocal in his opposition to a Hepatitis C compensation scheme.

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A memo from Charles Lister to Sammy Sinclair advised the proposed Scottish scheme could arguably be a social security rather than a health issue (and thus not within devolved powers).

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An email from Charles Lister advised that a Department for Work and Pensions official had come up with an argument the Secretary of State could deploy in the devolved powers issue with Scotland.

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In a news release accompanying the Expert Group's Preliminary Report, Malcolm Chisholm did not commit to the recommendations but indicated that there were complex medical, legal and financial considerations the Executive were currently looking at.

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The Scottish Executive Cabinet agreed that £25,000 be paid to those currently alive with Hepatitis C and a further £25,000 to those who developed cirrhosis. A review of costings revised the figures to £20,000 and £25,000.

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The Scottish Executive Cabinet sought legal advice from the Advocate General of Scotland on the resolution of the issue regarding devolved powers and the proposed compensation scheme.

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Charles Lister emailed Hazel Blears's Private Office to advise her of the Scottish compensation announcement and confirm that Government's position remained that "a special financial assistance package for this group is not justified."

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In a memo from Jill Taylor to Hazel Blears, it was recommended that the Government position remain that compensation was not payable to people with haemophilia who contracted Hepatitis C.

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Handover notes prepared by Charles Lister stated that England was maintaining the "no compensation" line but Scottish ministers had weakened on the issue, and that they were currently awaiting legal advice on whether they could legally challenge the Scottish position.

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A background note from Richard Gutowski to Sammy Sinclair stated that although some recipients of blood products had been "inadvertently infected" prior to the 1984 viral inactivation of blood products and the introduction of donor screening in 1991, there was no justification to move away from the existing line to take.

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Richard Gutowski had discussions with senior officers in the Health Protection Division prior to advising the new Secretary of State on 17 June 2003 that there was no justification to move away from the existing line to take regarding "inadvertent" infections.

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