Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WS 121–22), what meetings have taken place between officials at the Department of Health and the Macfarlane Trust to ensure that the department had the latest data on the number of surviving persons with haemophilia who had been infected with HIV and hepatitis C by contaminated National Health Service blood products.
Answer
Departmental officials and officers of the Macfarlane Trust, have met many times in the past to keep each other updated. Most recently, officials met the chairman and officers of the Macfarlane Trust on 27 May 2009.