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The Law Officers' opinion on the proposed Hepatitis C compensation scheme was received.

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The Secretary of State formed the view that they would have to go down the compensation (ex-gratia) route given the circumstances.

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A meeting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Work and Pensions on the devolved nation's position on compensation took place.

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The Treasury said no additional funding would be available.

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A meeting between the Scottish Executive and Department for Health regarding ex gratia payments took place where it was stated that a UK-wide scheme was preferred, but Wales and Northern Ireland had not yet been informed of developments.

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The Treasury wrote to John Reid setting out its position in relation to the ex gratia scheme.

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John Reid wanted a UK Scheme, especially an English Scheme, and wanted to work with the other devolved nations on this.

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Once John Reid reached the decision on ex gratia payments, he was not faced with any resistance from officials.

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John Reid's considerations in relation to his decision to reversing the Government's policy on Hepatitis C compensation occurred soon after taking up his role as Secretary of State.

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Sir John Major perceived that nothing wrong was done.

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The Government was aware that Hepatitis C was associated with drug use.

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The CMO led work on rising NHS litigation costs and the clinical negligence system and rejected the case for a 'no-fault' compensation scheme.

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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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