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Speaking at a session of the inquiry in London, Mr Dawson said witness statements from key decisions makers suggested that informal communications such as WhatsApp, texts, Microsoft Teams and Signal were used to discuss the Scottish government’s Covid response during the pandemic.

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While the Scottish government insists it does not operate a culture of making decisions via WhatsApp, the inquiry teams would like to be in a position to judge for themselves.

In an effort to preserve evidence, the Scottish inquiry issued a “do not destroy” order at the start of August 2022 and it could be an offence for witnesses to have deleted Covid-related messages after that date.

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He added that “very considerable efforts” had been made by inquiry officials to try to get access to all of the information it needed but that “the detail required to understand the full picture has not yet been forthcoming”

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The issue was raised during First Minister’s Questions by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who asked Mr Yousaf why the inquiry had not received the information it had requested.

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The UK inquiry has already heard from a number of people involved in Scotland’s response to the pandemic - including former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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