'Relevant information' will be handed over - Yousaf

Scotland's first minster has said any "relevant information - including WhatsApp messages - will be handed over to the UK Covid inquiry

Humza Yousaf said the Scottish government did not "routinely conduct parliamentary business through WhatsApp".

His comments came after Jamie Dawson KC, the counsel to the inquiry, said it was "surprising" that so many messages from politicians and officials had been deleted.

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.

Mr Yousaf said his government would continue to co-operate with both the Scottish and UK Covid inquiries.

He said he took Mr Dawson's comments "very seriously" and would investigate.