§ Mr. Ron BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has received recent representations from the Haemophilia Society regarding compensation to hae-mophilia sufferers who contracted AIDS as a result of contaminated blood supplied to them through the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanRepresentations have been received from the Haemophilia Society about compensation for people with haemophilia and HIV infection-AIDS.
Some haemophiliacs are now pursuing compensation through the courts and I am advised that this matter is now sub-judice.