Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with support groups and other charitable organisations on the issue of contaminated blood.

Departmental officials meet regularly with the Caxton Foundation, Skipton Trust, McFarlane Trust and the Eileen Trust and with the Hepatitis C Trust from time to time to discuss hepatitis C related matters. Officials also held an introductory meeting with the Chief Executive of the Haemophilia Society earlier this year.