Report of the Independent Adviser on the Scottish Ministerial Code into the self-referral by the First Minister Ms Nicola Sturgeon into allegations that she breached the Code in respect of meetings and discussions with the former First Minister Mr Alex Sa

Report of the Independent Adviser on the Scottish Ministerial Code into the self-referral by the First Minister Ms Nicola Sturgeon into allegations that she breached the Code in respect of meetings and discussions with the former First Minister Mr Alex Sa

James Hamilton In December 2017 the Scottish Government adopted a new procedure entitled “Handling of harassment complaints involving current or former ministers” (subsequently referred to in this report as the Procedure) which is described as an “internal procedure agreed in December 2017 and published in February 2018 on the Scottish Government intranet”. Mr Geoffrey Aberdein, former Chief of Staff to Mr Salmond, met Liz Lloyd on or about 5 Ma…