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Bob Stock emailed Susan Deacon explaining that he had received a warning from the Department of Health (Ireland) that they were under a lot of parliamentary pressure to hold a public inquiry.

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Yvette Cooper and Charles Lister met with campaigners and MPs Sylvia Heal and Paul Goggins.

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Official Department of Health minutes of a meeting recorded Yvette Cooper as saying it was not believed anyone's interest would be best served by a public inquiry

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Yvette Cooper disputed the official Department of Health minute of a meeting, which recorded her as saying a public inquiry would not serve anyone's interest.

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Yvette Cooper did not see evidence that the statement about the facts being established and in the public domain was wrong until her return from maternity leave.

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Yvette Cooper believed there were a series of unanswered questions about events in the 1970s - mid 1980s and commissioned an internal review.

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Jill Taylor wrote in a letter that the information was already in the public domain and a public inquiry was not the way forward.

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On behalf of the Department of Health, Hazel Blears wrote that the government's position remained that there was no need for a public inquiry because all the information was in the public domain.

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Lord Filkin told the House of Lords there was no benefit to anyone from a public inquiry and that the Government therefore did not support that.

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Charles Lister wrote to Peter Thompson stating that if Scottish ministers were forced to set up an Inquiry then it would be likely in England too.

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Charles Lister referred to the "established government position" of every minister who maintained the no public inquiry line.

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David Reay wrote to an anonymous recipient asserting that screening for hepatitis C could not have been introduced in the UK before 1991.

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That the government did not accept wrongful practices had been employed and that a public inquiry was not justified was recorded as the Blood Policy Team's line to take.

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Melanie Johnson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, wrote that the government did not employ any wrongful practices and that a public inquiry was not justified.

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Following a request from Scottish officials, William Connon confirmed the government's decision was not to hold a public inquiry on the grounds that it was not justified.

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John Reid wrote to Andy Kerr confirming that the UK government's decision was not to hold a public inquiry on the grounds that it was not justified.

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William Connon wrote to Sir Nigel Crisp confirming the UK government's decision was not to hold a public inquiry on the grounds that it was not justified.

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DHSC and Lord Warner consistently said the Government's line was that a public inquiry was not justified in response to Lord Morris' Parliamentary question.

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The government line remained that no wrongful practices had been employed and there was no justification for a public inquiry.

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In Scotland, the line to take was to refer to the Executive's internal report and confirm that a public inquiry was not believed to be in the interest of those involved.

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