Lorna Slater, the minister for the circular economy, has denied using an official Scottish Government phone or WhatsApp for government business. This comes amid a secrecy row over the failure to hand over records of informal communications to the UK Covid Inquiry. Lawyers representing bereaved families have demanded messages related to the official response to the pandemic be handed over.
Lorna Slater, the minister for the circular economy, also denied using WhatsApp for any government business.
It emerged today that WhatsApp messages sent by Nicola Sturgeon from the time of the public health emergency may have been manually deleted. "Personal business, sometimes party business, volunteering work that I do, chatting with my friends, and sharing silly memes - all that stuff.Slater joined the Scottish Government as a minister in August 2021 following the Bute House Agreement between the Greens and SNP.
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