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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

“We must hear Alex Salmond’s side of the story to uncover what really happened. This welcome decision makes that possible.”A Scottish Parliament spokesperson said: “The Committee notes the decision of the SPCB.

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former First Minister's lawyer claimed a court judgement meant there is no “legal impediment” to publishing his Inquiry submission, which has held up his appearance.A special Holyrood committee is examining the SNP Government’s mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints against Nicola Sturgeon's predecessor as FM.Salmond pursued the government in court in 2018 and it was agreed the internal probe had been unlawful.He was separately acquitted of sexual offences after a trial last year.His allies

coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The First Minister confirmed that a further 1,121 positive cases have been detected overnight, taking the total to 194,269.Full article.A major police investigation has been launched after a young boy was reportedly ‘snatched’ off the street by two men in a white van.The 10-year-old was grabbed in Coxheath, near Maidstone, Kent, on Tuesday morning before being blindfolded and taken to a nearby woodland.Read more.Nicola Sturgeon has announced the government's

Alex Salmond is set to accuse Scotland’s most senior ­prosecutor of abusing his position, resulting in bombshell evidence of government ­negligence being suppressed, the Sunday Mail can reveal.The ex-first minister will unleash an unprecedented attack on the ­“collapsing, discredited” Crown Office after he was threatened with ­prosecution over memos and SNP texts he wanted to share with MSPs.He will allege Scotland’s ­embattled Lord Advocate James Wolffe wrongly applied legislation which led to

the committee of MSPs and accused it of allowing the Scottish Government to escape scrutiny.In a powerful interview with BBC Scotland, they said the attention given to the inquiry was "more traumatic" than giving evidence in the High Court.They claimed the committee had strayed so far from its own remit that it had made any of its findings "completely useless".A special Holyrood committee is investigating the Scottish Government’s botched handling of sexual misconduct complaints against the

Salmond.Sturgeon was due to face questions in person on Tuesday next week on her role in the Scottish Government's botched probe into allegations of misconduct against her predecessor.However, the committee members wanted to hear from Salmond first but were unable to get him to agree to appear last week because of the legal wrangle.A Scottish Parliament spokesperson confirmed this afternoon: “At its meeting today, the committee was united in its desire to complete this inquiry in an open and

First Minister hoped the decision would lead to an early oral evidence session next week.If it happens, the dramatic evidence session will take place in the same week as Nicola Sturgeon also faces the Inquiry.The Inquiry is investigating the SNP Government’s mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints against the former first minister.Salmond took the government to court in 2018 and it was accepted the internal probe had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.The fiasco ended the friendship

Scottish Government’s botched handling of sexual harassment complaints against him on Tuesday, but he declined to do so after it failed to publish evidence he submitted.The committee voted not to publish the submission or a redacted version of it, citing legal concerns over orders to protect the anonymity of complainers.But a judge has now amended a court order which prevents the publication of information likely to identify any of the accusers in the Salmond trial to clarify its scope.The

First Minister suggested Parliament could use its powers to ensure he gives evidence after Holyrood declined to publish his submission to MSPs.However, Sturgeon also refused on three occasions to say whether she would resign if she was found to have breached ethics rules over the Salmond scandal.A special Holyrood committee is investigating the way the Scottish Government unlawfully handled sexual misconduct complaints against the former SNP first minister.The fiasco, which cost the taxpayer

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Scottish Government paid thousands of pounds to a team of top lawyers to try to block MSPs probing Alex Salmond’s botched sexual harassment case from hearing key evidence. The Sunday Mail has obtained ­documents showing a firm – hired using public cash – demanded ­investigating ­committee members give written guarantees they wouldn’t ask a ­senior official crucial questions.