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In light of the upcoming publication of Lord Ross's preliminary report calling for support for patients infected with Hepatitis C, Scottish ministers felt that they "had to offer something".

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John Canavan was the head of the section responsible for policy on blood supply and blood safety within the Department of Health and he worked closely with Dr Rejman who was a senior medical officer.

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In the House of Lords, Lord Morris of Manchester cited what Lord Winston had called "the worst treatment disaster in the history of the National Health Service".

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Alison Smithies wrote to Michael O'Connor regarding newspaper articles alleging the intention of the Haemophilia Society to seek damages for individuals infected by blood products saying that the comments were seen as "sabre rattling by the Secretary in an effort to draw comments."

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A Department of Health memo noted that establishing an inquiry or considering ex-gratia payments could set a precedent and ministers were advised to continue to "strongly defend the Court action"

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Dr Rejman wrote about Dr Hilary Pickles that he had suggested "one possible way out of the difficulty would be the setting up of a Royal Commission to investigate the problem of HIV and haemophilia".

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Baroness Virginia Bottomley suggested that in 1990 the option of having a public inquiry was not attractive for two reasons: it would not report back in time to satisfy the immediate calls for financial help and it would go beyond its scope to deal with wider issues of compensation.

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A Department submission invited Ministers to judge whether the political costs of maintaining the present line outweighed the risks of setting an expensive precedent by settling out of court.

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The Department of Health was aware that most people with bleeding disorders who had received unheated concentrates had been infected with non-A non-B Hepatitis.

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The Haemophilia Society and Alf Morris MP sought "a special inquiry into the compensation issue of those with haemophilia infected with the HIV virus."

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Stephen Dorrell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, responded to an MP raising the question of an inquiry by differentiating the situation of those with haemophilia from those injured from thalidomide because the issue in the latter was one of corporate liability.

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For much of the 1990s, campaigning activities focused principally on the absence of financial assistance for people with haemophilia who had been infected with Hepatitis C.

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The Government's failure to heed repeated requests for financial assistance for people with haemophilia who had been infected with Hepatitis C led to a day of action with representatives delivering a petition and white lilies to Downing Street.

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Karin Pappenheim wrote to the editor of The Times to highlight the day of action by the haemophilia community and called on the Prime Minister to respond to calls for financial assistance for people with haemophilia who had been infected with Hepatitis C.

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The Haemophilia Society's calls for a public inquiry followed on from the announcement of Frank Dobson, the Secretary of State for Health, on 27th July 1998 that financial recompense in relation to Hepatitis C would not be given.

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The Haemophilia Society sought to persuade the Health Select Committee to undertake an inquiry looking into safety issues posed by blood-borne viruses, including HIV, Hepatitis C.

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The Haemophilia Society's chief executive, Karin Pappenheim, wrote to Frank Dobson seeking his support for a full public inquiry.

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At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hepatitis C, Karin Pappenheim explained that the Haemophilia Society's campaign for a public inquiry was "also about truth and social recognition".

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Karin Pappenheim wrote to the British Medical Journal setting out the Haemophilia Society's call for a public inquiry.

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Lord Morris wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair seeking a meeting with him and representatives of the Haemophilia Society about the case for a public inquiry.

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