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Wee'un Didn't Break Ministerial Code
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Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said today: "The First Minister has been given a pass because it has been judged her "failure of recollection" was "not deliberate."
"I respect Mr Hamilton and his judgement but we cannot agree with that assessment. Nicola Sturgeon did not suddenly turn forgetful.
"She is not free and clear. The First Minister promised to 'respect the decisions' of both inquiry reports, not to pick and choose which one suits her and try to discredit the other.
"The SNP spin machine will go into hyper-drive to again attack the committee report because they're running scared of its findings. They have accelerated the Vote of No Confidence in Nicola Sturgeon to avoid MSPs scrutinising that report.
"As James Hamilton says, it is up to the Scottish Parliament to decide if the First Minister has been misleading.
"This report does not change the overwhelming evidence that Nicola Sturgeon misled Parliament, her government badly let women down and wasted more than £500,000 of taxpayers' money.
"If Nicola Sturgeon won't accept responsibility, then I urge opposition parties to back our Vote of No Confidence.
"Nationalist or unionist, left or right, none of the usual political divisions matter now. Either we respect the fundamental principles of democratic accountability - or we don't."
5:22pm
Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, said:
“Unlike others, we have been clear from the outset that we would not prejudge the outcome of this inquiry.
“We acknowledge the findings of the report and we await the publication of the committee inquiry and whether its members conclude the First Minister misled parliament.
“What is clear is that this entire process has deeply damaged public trust in our politics at a time of national crisis, and there are absolutely no winners today.
“At the heart of this are two women who have been badly let down by the government, and it remains the case that nobody has taken responsibility.
“There are still questions of judgment and an urgent need to restore trust, confidence and transparency in our institutions.”
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said today: "The First Minister has been given a pass because it has been judged her "failure of recollection" was "not deliberate."
"I respect Mr Hamilton and his judgement but we cannot agree with that assessment. Nicola Sturgeon did not suddenly turn forgetful.
"She is not free and clear. The First Minister promised to 'respect the decisions' of both inquiry reports, not to pick and choose which one suits her and try to discredit the other.
"The SNP spin machine will go into hyper-drive to again attack the committee report because they're running scared of its findings. They have accelerated the Vote of No Confidence in Nicola Sturgeon to avoid MSPs scrutinising that report.
"As James Hamilton says, it is up to the Scottish Parliament to decide if the First Minister has been misleading.
"This report does not change the overwhelming evidence that Nicola Sturgeon misled Parliament, her government badly let women down and wasted more than £500,000 of taxpayers' money.
"If Nicola Sturgeon won't accept responsibility, then I urge opposition parties to back our Vote of No Confidence.
"Nationalist or unionist, left or right, none of the usual political divisions matter now. Either we respect the fundamental principles of democratic accountability - or we don't."
5:22pm
Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, said:
“Unlike others, we have been clear from the outset that we would not prejudge the outcome of this inquiry.
“We acknowledge the findings of the report and we await the publication of the committee inquiry and whether its members conclude the First Minister misled parliament.
“What is clear is that this entire process has deeply damaged public trust in our politics at a time of national crisis, and there are absolutely no winners today.
“At the heart of this are two women who have been badly let down by the government, and it remains the case that nobody has taken responsibility.
“There are still questions of judgment and an urgent need to restore trust, confidence and transparency in our institutions.”
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