§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received in regard to people who acquired HIV from blood transfusions; what reply he is sending; if there is any action he will be taking; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Department has received two inquiries about people who have become infected with HIV as a result of blood transfusions.
The special financial help which the Government have made available for haemophiliacs with HIV recognises the wholly exceptional circumstances of those persons. We have no plans to extend those arrangements to those recipients of blood transfusions who have become HIV infected.