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In an internal memo in connection to the Macfarlane Trust it was made clear that £2000 for persons not infected with HIV but at risk was only available to those who were pursuing litigation.

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Ann Towner asked for clarification in a memo to Leonard Levy on whether earlier files in a series had been destroyed as it was her belief that files would have been transferred to the DRO for destruction after 25 years.

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Dr Rejman explained in a memo that duplicate sets of papers on the Hepatitis C discovery could be made instead of passing on the originals as previous papers had been "mislaid".

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A memo from Mike McGovern was sent to Charles Lister stating that Mallin Souter currently had the committee papers.

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In his written statement to the Inquiry Charles Lister said in relation to the Lord Owen papers that "frustratingly, no one had thought to take a copy for the file when the submissions were bundled up and sent to the Solicitor's Division [...] We ended up concluding that the submissions had gone missing having previously been sent to the Solicitor's Division".

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In a memo from Charles Dobson to Alan Davey on AIDS litigation it was stated that "at every stage it [the government] has acted as swiftly as possible to minimise the risk of infecting haemophiliacs with AIDS in the light of the best expert opinion available at the time".

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When asked about the assertion that government had acted efficiently to minimise infections to individuals with haemophilia Dr Rejman confirmed that there had been no formal review to justify this.

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In a letter from Brian Colvin to Dr Rejman disclosure of UKHCDO meeting minutes had been discussed which Dr Rejman had some concerns about.

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A memo from Anita James to Dr Rejman had discussed the minutes of a legal liability meeting in regard to blood products and the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and counsel had advised that further academic research was required and to look at other jurisdictions.

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Dr Rejman had responded to Anita James with his concerns and his disagreement with counsel's advice on the matter.

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In a memo from Dr Rejman to John Canavan, he expressed his views on compensation for infected and affected persons including wives who had put themselves at risk against medical advice and having cut off points for claims.

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Richard Gutowski confirmed in his written statement his concerns and comments had fed into Charles Dobson's submission about the HIV litigation.

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When pressed during oral evidence Richard Gutowski had said that his view was similar to that of officials who would accordingly advise strongly against an out of court settlement in the HIV/haemophiliacs litigation.

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Linda Page had been assigned a specific project following the publication of the "Self-Sufficiency in Blood Products in England and Wales: A Chronology from 1973 to 1991" which was published in 2006.

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The project objectives for Linda Page to follow were to "Assess and report on documents relating to previous Government policy on the safe use of imported and domestic blood products during the period 1970 to 1985 when BPL commenced general issue of 8Y heat-treated factor VIII. Specifically the inactivation of blood products for NANBH."

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The "Independent Public Inquiry Report on NHS Supplied Contaminated Blood and Blood Products" had stated that the Department of Health needed to be able to interact with an inquiry chaired by Lord Archer of Sandwell (the "Archer Inquiry").

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In an email exchange from Charles Lister he had noted that documents kept by private offices were never held onto when there was a change in government and either handed back or shredded.

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Charles Lister had explained to Zubeda Seedat that "Unfortunately, none of the key submissions to Ministers about self sufficiency from the 70s/early 80s appear to have survived".

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Charles Lister confirmed in an email to Zubeda Seedat that the self sufficiency report had not included investigation into into the destruction of Lord Owen's papers.

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In an email Charles Lister provided some insight into Lord Owen's "allegation about pulped papers" and how the government would not keep papers after a change and so they were most likely shredded.

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