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Lord Morris asked Baroness Helene Hayman when a response to the Haemophilia Society's request for a public inquiry might be expected, to which she replied "that a public inquiry was not the way forward".

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Baroness Helene Hayman was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health.

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Lord Morris' letter requesting an inquiry was forwarded to the Department of Health by the Prime Minister's Assistant Private Secretary.

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Sir Tony Blair expressed confidence that "investigations would have been undertaken" at the time he declined to hold a public inquiry.

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Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote a letter to Lord Morris suggesting that "it is best to take steps that are positive and which look to the future".

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Scottish campaigners echoed the Haemophilia Society's calls for a public inquiry in the UK.

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A press release in Scotland demonstrated Scottish campaigners echoing the Haemophilia Society's calls for a public inquiry in the UK

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Lord Hunt responded to Lord Morris' question that "the Government have great sympathy with haemophilia patients who were infected with hepatitis C before the means existed to remove the virus from blood products".

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When asked about a public inquiry, Lord Hunt responded that careful consideration had been given and that it was not believed to be the way forward.

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Lord Hunt responded to questions that he believed all the facts had "been produced in various debates in your Lordships' House and in the other place".

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In a letter to Joyce Quinn, John Hutton responded in a similar vein to that of Lord Hunt: that a public inquiry had been given consideration and was not believed to be the way forward.

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Lord Hunt told the Inquiry that he had understood "the default position in government was to resist the many calls for various public inquiries unless there were compelling reasons to do so.."

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Lord Hunt told the Inquiry that "with the benefit of hindsight and more fulsome information" he believed that the calls for a public inquiry were justified.

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The Health and Community Care Committee met and heard from the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service ("SNBTS") and the Haemophilia Society.

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The Haemophilia Society renewed its call for a full independent public inquiry at the Heath and Community Care Committee meeting.

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A debate was held in Scottish Parliament on the subject of hepatitis C and Nicola Sturgeon asked the Executive to reflect on the need for a public inquiry.

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A letter from Malcolm Chisholm to Iain Gray confirmed the Executive's position remained that a public inquiry would not be appropriate.

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A letter from Malcolm Chisholm to Dennis Canavan confirmed the Executive's position remained that a public inquiry would not be appropriate.

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The 17th report on Hepatitis C by the Health and Community Care Committee recommended financial support for NHS patients who had contracted Hepatitis C from blood transfusion or blood products.

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The Scottish Executive welcomed the fact that the Health and Community Care Committee's report on Hepatitis C did not recommend a public inquiry and had concluded that there was no negligence in relation to the introduction of screening or heat treatment.

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