Cole-Hamilton responds to publication of UK Covid Inquiry report

Responding to the publication of the UK Covid Inquiry's report on decision-making and political governance, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“In the pages of this report, we learned there was a small clique at the heart of the SNP which dictated Scotland’s pandemic response, none of whom were even present at the statement in parliament this afternoon.

“The report states that Nicola Sturgeon “sidelined” the rest of her government, for instance just deciding with John Swinney about something as important as closing schools.

“There are no minutes whatsoever for the secretive meetings held by this clique, forever denying the public an understanding of the rationale behind key decisions.

“We owe it to everyone whose lives were ripped apart by the pandemic to prevent these political failings from ever happening again.”