HC Deb 04 December 1989 vol 163 c65W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the recent award to haemophiliacs to be paid to individuals.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give an assurance that the ex-gratia payments of £20,000 to people with haemophilia who have been infected with the AIDS virus in the course of National Health Service treatment will be made to them before Christmas.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

We are urgently considering with the Macfarlane Trust the best method of implementing these payments and we intend that they should be made as soon as possible.

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