The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was shown a document from May 2020 which made a request to 'reset' the relationship between the English and Scottish administrations.
Matt Hancock has claimed Nicola Sturgeon caused "all sorts of difficulties" during the covid pandemic.
Asked if that request relates to the scope of the probe's third module - which is exploring the impact on the healthcare systems of the four nations - Mr Hancock answered: "No, this was all about how Nicola Sturgeon was causing all sorts of difficulties." Former first minister and SNP leader Sturgeon finished giving evidence in person to the UK Covid Inquiry in January. She answered questions for a full day from the inquiry’s lead counsel Jamie Dawson KC.
She said: “I was motivated solely by trying to do the best we could to keep people as safe as possible. We did that to some extent, but not to, and perhaps we never could have done it to the extent I would have wished we could have done.
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