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Scottish Haemophilia Forum meeting at which Andy Kerr advised that he remained unconvinced of the added value a public inquiry would bring.

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A literature review was requested to establish what materials in relation to Hepatitis C could be released into the public domain.

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Minutes of the meeting held on the HGH/CDJ Litigation were sent by Neil Townley.

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A note was written on the topic of Haemophilia and Hepatitis C, the case for financial recompense ahead of the special briefing for the meeting that had been held in September 1997 with the Secretary of State, Frank Dobson.

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Christine Corrigan wrote a memo to Anne Murie with a briefing note ahead of the special meeting that had been held in September regarding the case for recompense for Haemophilia and Hepatitis C.

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A note was written on the background of compensation for those infected with Hepatitis C.

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Frank Dobson agreed to consider the Haemophilia Society's points most carefully and said that he would write shortly.

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Heather Rogers requested information to be sent to the Secretary of State with submissions on the financial compensation that would be sent to the Haemophilia Society.

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Graham Barker had emailed Baroness Paddington with a note from Professor Preston on the mortality of Hepatitis C.

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Ms Casemore emailed Ms Corrigan asking for a follow-up on the response for the Haemophilia Society as the Society had not at that point received a response.

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There was a delay in officials providing the Secretary of State with the information which he had requested due to issues relating to the emergence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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There was a delay in officials providing the Secretary of State with the information which he had requested due to issues relating to the emergence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, due to a need to complete examinations of the issues and a need to speak to colleagues about the best way to move forward.

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The Secretary of State wrote to the Haemophilia Society apologising for the delay and expressing the hope that he would reply before Christmas.

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The Secretary of State had considered the introduction of recombinant Factor 8 and by February 1998 it was thought that he would "also be saying 'no to Hep C compensation' at the same time".

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It was "assumed on the hepatitis C 'compensation' issue, given the considerable implications to the wider NHS of agreeing to any such scheme, that you would wish to continue with the policy line which the Government has so far taken in response to representations from other groups ie to refuse such requests".

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There was a draft response to the Haemophilia Society which "tried hard to be as sympathetic as possible in refusing compensation, without repeating too many of the standard arguments which have been put to them on many occasions in the past".

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The reasons for refusing compensation included that "where the ill effects [of treatment] could not have been predicted, or prevented, at the time, then they have to be balanced against the benefits of the treatment."

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In a letter, the Secretary of State addressed recombinant Factor 8 only, saying on the special payment scheme question that he could not yet give an answer.

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A minute was sent to Dr Graham Winyard "expressing concern that while SoS accepts that the Government could not afford a large compensation package, he feels that a small hardship fund like the MacFarlane Trust would be possible. Officials are concerned that significant funds would need to be diverted from patient care to fund it and that Treasury remain fundamentally opposed."

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In response to Frank Dobson's request for a letter to send to the Prime Minister, civil servant Christine Corrigan wrote that there were a number of issues that needed to be determined before the letter could be prepared.

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