HL Deb 31 January 2005 vol 669 c10WA
Lord Morris of Manchester

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why the widows of haemophilia patients who have died of hepatitis C infection from contaminated National Health Service blood products are excluded from access to financial help from the publicly-funded Skipton Fund, whereas the widows of patients who have died of HIV infection from the same source have access to help from the Macfarlane Fund, also publicly-funded; and what further consideration they are giving to conceding parity. [HL864]

Lord Warner

I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave on 20 April 2004 (Official Report, col. WA 29–30).