Swinney agrees to release Salmond case legal advice
| Published date | 02 March 2021 |
| Date | 02 March 2021 |
| Publication title | Express, The/The Express on Sunday |
Just hours before a motion of no confidence was set to be brought against the Deputy First Minister for his failure to provide the necessary information, it was announced the paperwork would be produced.
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John Swinney confirmed this would include "the key legal advice that underpinned the Scottish Government's defence of the judicial review".
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He added: "In normal circumstances, government legal advice is not released. Indeed, such is the importance of being able to get frank, private advice, it is almost unheard of for the legal advice to be released.
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"The very integrity of the legal system is being questioned.
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The no confidence vote had been brought by the Scottish Tories. But it was the Scottish Greens' support which seems to have brought about the U-turn, with their backing for the motion providing a majority.
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A statement issued by the Greens said: "The Scottish...
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