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Holyrood Inquiry into Salmond case: MP David Davis reads out text exchange
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Conservative MP David Davis has used parliamentary privilege to criticise the Scottish government's handling of allegations against Alex Salmond.
Mr Davis said: "I have it on good authority that there exists from the 6th February 2018 an exchange of messages between civils servants, Judith McKinnon and Barbara Allison, suggesting that the first ministers chief of staff is interfering in the complaints process against Alex Salmond. The investigating officer complained “Liz interference v bad”. I assume that means ‘very bad’. If true, this suggests that the chief of staff had knowledge of the Salmond case in February [2018] and not in April."