Much of the material from the government's 137 messaging groups during Covid has not been kept - but why?
The informal communications of Scottish government ministers and officials during the pandemic matter. They really do.
The point is that it is for the inquiry teams to decide and they can only do that if they are provided with full access to what was said. The Conservatives and Labour will have the chance to question the deputy first minister, Shona Robison, when she makes a Holyrood statement on Tuesday afternoon. In recent weeks, the Scottish government told the inquiry it would need a formal legal order to release the material.
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