Alex Salmond can appear at Holyrood Inquiry after court decision, MSPs claim

former First Minister took the action amid claims of an inappropriate disclosure.Sturgeon is today giving evidence to a Holyrood committee investigating the Government’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco cost over £600,000 of public money.Salmond gave evidence to the

own internal complaints process - a mistake which ended up costing the taxpayer more than £500,000.Two women had raised complaints against Salmond in 2018 dating to his time in the top job in Scottish politics and the government launched a probe.Salmond denied the allegations and insisted the complaints process was biased against him - a claim vindicated in the civil courts in January 2019.However, at the Inquiry today, Sturgeon accused her predecessor of "deeply inappropriate behaviour".She

Alex Salmond harassment committee today.The First Minister will answer questions from MSPs at the Scottish Parliament on a range of issues to do with the affair.Committee members will quiz the SNP leader on what she knew about the botched handling of complaints made against former First Minister Alex Salmond.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.

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Scottish Government won't offer the full legal advice to the Holyrood committee looking at the handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Alex Salmond.The Scottish Conservative MSP took to Twitter last night claiming the material being released by the government to the inquiry won't "give the full picture" and will "paint them in a good light".It comes after the Tories tabled a no confidence motion, which was backed by other opposition parties at Holyrood, in the Deputy First Minster John

Scottish Conservatives are threatening to lodge a week lodge a motion of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon's second in command at Holyrood on Tuesday.The Tories are giving Swinney 24 hours to agree to release the legal advice or face a vote to remove him from office.The Deputy First Minister has previously ignored two cross-party motions in the Scottish Parliament attempting to force the government to comply with a parliamentary majority telling it to publish the advice.The committee

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a bombshell opening statement to the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s unlawful investigation of sexual harassment claims against him, Salmond accused his successor Sturgeon of using a Covid press conference to “effectively question the result of a jury”.Read Salmond's full opening statement to MSPs below“Three important points require to be made at the outset. Firstly, this inquiry is not about me," he told MSPs.

the cross-party inquiry this afternoon, with the session expected to last around four hours.

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Crown Office. A Scottish Parliament spokesperson said: “Following representations from the Crown Office on Monday evening, the SPCB agreed collectively this morning that it will remove the Alex Salmond submission on the Ministerial Code from its website with immediate effect and republish it later today in a redacted form.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Parliament said: “The Crown Office wrote to the SPCB last night. We have asked the Crown Office to clarify its concern so that we can respond today.” A Holyrood committee is investigating the SNP Government’s botched handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.

malicious and concerted" attempt to see him removed from public life.The submission by the former first minister was published by the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints on Monday evening.Mr Salmond names people he alleges to have been part of efforts to damage his reputation - including Nicola Sturgeon's husband and chief of staff - as well as describing the Crown Office as "not fit for purpose" under its current leadership.He said: "The inescapable conclusion

First Minister, was released after a decision by the parliament’s governing body.It came after an eleventh hour plea by Rape Crisis Scotland not to publish the Salmond submission, which the charity believes could breach a court order.Women who work at Holyrood also mounted a social media campaign for the material not to be put in the public domain.This is a breaking news story - we'll bring you updates, pictures and video as it happens.For the latest news and breaking news visit

Scottish Government of “pantomime of deception and secrecy” when he gives explosive evidence to MSPs on Wednesday.

Salmond’s submission to the Holyrood Inquiry.A Committee Inquiry is investigating the SNP Government’s mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the Government to court and it was accepted the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Nicola Sturgeon, had been unlawful.Separately, he was acquitted of sexual offences after a trial last year.Salmond’s allies believe Government and SNP figures tried to plot his downfall.The Inquiry