Cole-Hamilton responds to Forbes and Swinney at Covid Inquiry

Responding to the evidence given by Kate Forbes and John Swinney at the UK Covid Inquiry, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“This was a government within a government.

“Under Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney, Cabinet was expected to like it or lump it, utterly ignored on decisions as serious as shutting schools. Even the minister in charge of the economy was totally in the dark about the existence of key Gold Command meetings until she was belatedly invited to one.

“Now, the Scottish Government is refusing to explain the absence of minutes under the false pretence that the Inquiry is ongoing. It is treating families with contempt.

“Bereaved families may never get the full picture that they are fighting for. Nicola Sturgeon has major questions to answer tomorrow.”