He 'refuted' claims he had deliberately concealed when the Covid inquiry had requested the disclosure of WhatsApp messages
He ‘refuted’ claims he had deliberately concealed when the Covid inquiry had requested the disclosure of WhatsApp messages
During First Minister’s Questions last week, Mr Yousaf told MSPs that “the messages were asked for in September, just a matter of weeks ago”.The apparent contradiction was seized upon by Labour and the Conservatives, who said the lack of transparency was an insult to people who had lost relatives to Covid.
“ I do accept fully from the inquiry is that we have interpreted their requests too narrowly and subsequently … we have then supplied 14,000 messages to the inquiry.” Meanwhile, ministers are facing a fresh secrecy row after it emerged that they have still not sent the inquiry unredacted legal advice relating to decisions made during the pandemic, despite two requests being made in August.
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