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Yvonne de Sampayo stated in that she was: "particularly shocked to see reference to the suggestion that I destroyed documents because I was fearful of a difficult disclosure process due to a supposed bad experience with the BSE inquiry's disclosure process."

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Yvonne de Sampayo denied destroying any of Dr Metters' papers and said that they would have remained in the filing cabinets as it was not in her remit to make decisions about the retention of files.

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Dr Metters was described as meticulous, and had kept substantial records.

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Charles Lister stated that the documents "shouldn't have been marked for destruction at all, so the dates are almost irrelevant. But yes, it makes no sense that they were marked for destruction at any stage."

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When asked whether the decisions made by the Department regarding the HCV payment scheme and the public inquiry were affected by groupthink or the collective, Charles Lister stated "looking back on this, I asked myself whether I could have, you know, done anything differently, and I said wasn't honestly sure that I could have done. And I think that's where I am still at."

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Charles Lister received an email from Anita James seeking a progress update. He replied stating more files had been destroyed.

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The Department of Health were notified of a draft application for third party disclosure of documents by the claimants in the Hepatitis C litigation.

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There was a draft court order in the case of "A and Others v National Blood Authority" which permitted the Department of Health employees to inspect and take copies of documentation relating to HCV screening, minutes of the Advisory Committee, minutes of the National Blood Transfusion Service/National Institute of Biological Standards and Controls Liaison Committee.

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The Department of Health were notified of a draft application for third party disclosure of documents by the claimants in the Hepatitis C litigation and decided to agree to voluntary disclosure.

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Anita James wrote to Dr Metters stating that the Department of Health planned to consent to the application for third party disclosure in the Hepatitis C litigation and asked whether Dr Metters had kept any relevant records before 1997.

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The Department of Health agreed to voluntary disclosure of documents in the Hepatitis C litigation.

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Anita James sighted the ACVSB records.

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Anita James instructed Justin Fenwick QC to advise in the matter of Hepatitis C litigation, wherein she recalled seeing the ACVSB records in 1994, and noted that some of the relevant documents were no longer available.

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Charles Lister reported to Dr Mike McGovern before the restructure.

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Charles Lister joined the blood policy team after the files had been already been destroyed but had attempted to trace missing documents proactively.

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Charles Lister accepted without question the ministerial position against financial support.

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Dr Metters directed Anita James to Dr Patricia Troop, Dr Mike McGovern and Dr Rejman, as they may have retained copies of the relevant documents in anticipation of future legal action.

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Anita James reported to Charles Lister that documents held by Dr Metter's successor were shredded because they represented an 'inconvenience'.

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Charles Lister found some, but not all, of the missing documents.

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Charles Lister agreed to find and recall files from storage.

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