Nicola Sturgeon and the Alex Salmond Inquiry - 8 questions still unanswered

Kimberly Darroch believes was linked to water at the hospital. At First Minister’s Questions, Sturgeon said she “completely sympathised” for a FAI with the call after being pressed by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

Scottish Parliament later today. The Scottish Tories said they will press ahead with a vote in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after a Holyrood committee found she misled parliament.

responsibility for the affair that has plagued Scottish politics for more than a year. Scottish Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said two women who lodged complaints against the Scottish Government were "failed by the Scottish Government".

Covid-19 could hit Scotland despite the vaccine rollout, one scientist warns. Professor Andrew Hayward said a fourth wave across all of the UK is 'still likely' as some people are still not vaccinated.

First Minister 's resignation amid accusations she misled parliament about her involvement in the Alex Salmond investigation. It followed a leak that the inquiry into the Government's unlawful investigation into harassment complaints against the former first minister has reportedly concluded that Ms Sturgeon gave an "inaccurate" account of meetings with Mr Salmond.

Linda Fabiani said she was “dismayed” at the damage done to the Committee’s work. A Holyrood Committee, made up of MSPs, has been investigating the SNP Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.

Patrick Harvie, whose party will likely determine the fate of the First Minister, has claimed the Inquiry is a "farce" and is after a “political scalp”.

Salmond when he was First Minister.

Linda Fabiani (Convener)Long-serving SNP MSP who has been deputy presiding officer of the Scottish parliament since 2016. No friend of Salmond, who replaced her as Europe Minister halfway through the SNP’s first term in office.

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Nicola Sturgeon on March 2, the day before she appeared before the inquiry investigating the handling of harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond.On BBC Scotland's Sunday Show, Andrea Bradley, the assistant secretary of the EIS teaching union, said the Scottish Government was looking for a "good news story that week".However, Ms Sturgeon had previously announced the earliest date for some pupils to return to school would be March 15.On Monday, Education Secretary John

complaints against Alex Salmond said he fears it won't get a "full understanding" of what went on.Speaking following Nicola Sturgeon's evidence to the Holyrood committee yesterday, Murdo Fraser said the inquiry shone a light on some of the murky going-ons.MSPs say they have been frustrated at the refusal to release some key documents into how the Scottish Government managed to botch its own internal complaints process - a mistake which ended up costing the taxpayer more than £500,000.Two women

is giving evidence today to a Holyrood committee investigating how the Scottish Government managed to botch its own internal complaints process - a mistake which ended up costing the taxpayer more than £500,000.

Salmond by two women when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Nicola Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco cost over £600,000 of public money.Salmond gave evidence last week and accused his successor of misleading parliament over aspects of the scandal..Giving her own evidence, she said “two women were failed and taxpayers’ money was lost, I deeply regret that.”The First

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.

she misled parliament over her meetings with Salmond.The SNP leader is due to give evidence from 9.30am this morning.The Tories yesterday accused the SNP leader of breaking the ministerial code more than 30 times over the handling of complaints against the former first minister.Salmond gave evidence to the committee last week during a six-hour session at which he called for several senior SNP figures to quit.A Holyrood committee is investigating the SNP Government’s botched handling of sexual

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but only made public tonight - advised ministers to concede a judicial review brought by the former first minister.Lawyers warned in September 2018 there was "a real risk" a court would side with Salmond's claim that a complaints process he was subjected to was tainted by ‘procedural unfairness’.”They told ministers that in their view the “least worst option” would be to concede the petition - but the government carried on with the review, before abandoning it in January 2019 at a cost of more