The presence of civil servants on the Inquiry team has led to claims of the Government 'marking its own homework'
Civil servants have been given top roles on Scotland’s troubled Covid-19 Public Inquiry - despite claims the probe is “independent”.
Scott Bell is Co-Secretary and Deputy Director of Operations, with responsibility for the “development, implementation and management” of parts of the Inquiry. Claire Soper is Co-Secretary and Head of Policy. Announced by the Government, the Inquiry is looking at the response to the spread of coronavirus and trying to establish the facts of what happened.
Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said: “The fact that key members of the inquiry team work for the Scottish Government certainly casts doubt on John Swinney’s claims that it is entirely independent. There is, at the very least, the danger of giving the appearance that the Scottish Government is marking its own homework.”
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