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Lord Waldegrave told the Inquiry that there was a moral responsibility for the Government: that it would have been a horrible experience for those making the case to have to go to court, and damaging for the Government because of the bad press they would receive for being heartless.

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Lord Waldegrave told the Inquiry that he was advised by the Department of Health and by the Treasury that the proposed settlement figure was "on the high side".

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Lord Waldegrave told the Inquiry that he was anxious for speed when is came to settlement.

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Lord Waldegrave told the Inquiry he considered there were two arguments which were key to winning the argument with the Treasury regarding the settlement. "The victims' lawyers have come forward with an offer that they say will be seen as fair by their clients. This will not recur, we've got to do this and do it quickly. And look at the numbers; you can afford them, we can afford them."

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Lord Waldegrave explained his reasons for wanting to announce an agreement in principle whether or not there had been any agreement with the plaintiffs' representatives, and in circumstances where the plaintiffs themselves clearly would not all have agreed.

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In his evidence to the Inquiry, Sir John Major accepted that he would not argue against a conclusion that the Government's position could have been settled sooner.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Sir John Major noted that if he had been told that there were question marks about the best treatment available, or whether patients had been given proper information about risks, or whether there was a delay in the introduction of screening, he would have asked for more information.

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Sir John Major perceived that nothing wrong was done.

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In his oral evidence, Sir John Major noted that in 1990 it would have been "absurdly foolish" to not have taken the opportunity to settle an issue that had caused victims a great deal of anguish.

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In his oral evidence to the inquiry, Lord Horam acknowledged that he was repeatedly briefed by civil servants that people had received the best available treatment at the time.

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Lord John Horam stated that he had only seen the letter from Joseph Grice to Charles Dobson on 18 December 1995 when preparing his statement for the Inquiry.

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Viriginia Bottomley described how, in light of the report on Gerald Malone's meeting with John Marshall MP, alarm bells started to ring.

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There was a shift in the NHS funding model which took place in 1991, from centralised and area funding provided by the Department of Health and regional health authorities, to an internal market system.

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Lord Waldegrave's evidence to the Inquiry noted that it took until February 1992 for the Government to change its position because it took that much time to overcome the arguments of precedence.

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John Canavan, in his oral evidence, stated he did not recall that in the first half of 1989 he had been involved in any examination of the Department of Health's or Government's past actions.

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John Canavan stated that reference to the HCV screening being marginal in terms of cost benefit by the Department of Health related to the economic cost-benefit and not the public health benefit.

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Professor David Armstrong gave evidence to the Inquiry that during the 70s, 80s and 90s the medical community thought that infectious diseases had been removed as a major threat.

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The expert group on Public Health and Administration highlighted the attributes of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality formed the bedrock upon which the Civil Service was built; and this is as applicable to government ministers and officials as it is to clinicians.

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Professor Charles Vincent described that the cause of death is determined by the person who is filling out the death certificate.

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Gary McKelvey told the Inquiry about the difficulties accessing support in Northern Ireland for his bereaved mother because his father's medical records had been destroyed.

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