Nicola Sturgeon left civil servants drawing up the complaints policy used against Alex Salmond with no doubt that it should cover the conduct of former ministers, an inquiry has heard. James Hynd, the Scottish Government mandarin tasked with creating the policy, said she was "keen" to make the change and her views were made known in a draft letter that was circulated to officials. In the letter to Leslie Evans, her most senior mandarin, Ms Sturgeon said she "wanted to make clear that the arrangements you are putting in place to address any complaints from staff should include any complaint received about the conduct of current or former Ministers in the Scottish Government." Mr Hynd told a specially-convened Holyrood committee that he responded with assurances that he had already decided that the policy should cover retrospective complaints against former ministers. But he said Ms Sturgeon then sent another, final version of the letter anyway as she was "keen for the record and for the avoidance of doubt to make sure that the procedure and whatever review we were undertaking covered former ministers." The letter was sent in Nov 2017, around the same time Ms Evans told the committee she first raised concerns about Mr Salmond directly with Ms Sturgeon. Ms Evans told the inquiry last week that she told Ms Sturgeon that Sky News were investigating an “incident” at Edinburgh Airport, and that Mr Salmond had contacted government staff about it.
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