John Swinney has confirmed.The Deputy First Minister has told the Holyrood inquiry into the Government's unlawful investigation of Salmond that he is unable to provide details that the committee had asked for.Swinney, who is facing a vote of no confidence after refusing parliament's demands to release legal advice for almost four months, had said the Government did not record minutes of meetings with its external counsel about the former first minister's ultimately successful legal challenge.The current First Minister and Evans, Scotland's most senior civil servant, held meetings with external legal advisers about the judicial review on November 2 and November 13 2018, according to evidence provided to the committee.MSPs have asked the.
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