NICOLA Sturgeon will be in Holyrood’s Burns Room this morning, to give her evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s harassment inquiry.
The cross-party harassment committee is investigating the Scottish Government’s flawed probe into allegations of misconduct made against Alex Salmond by two civil servants.
The former first minister had the exercise set aside in January 2019, with a judicial review declaring it “unlawful” and “tainted by bias”.
The Government’s botched handling ultimately cost the taxpayer half a million pounds.
Sturgeon is the last witness to give evidence to the committee, and it’s taken some time for her to get here. Previous dates have been dropped and rescheduled as the committee tried to accommodate Salmond and his need to speak to his submission to a separate ministerial code probe.
He finally spoke to MSPs last week in an explosive six hour session where he accused his successor of repeatedly misleading parliament.
Sturgeon has repeatedly said there is "not a shred of evidence" of any conspirancy.
So when will Holyrood’s Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints quiz the First Minister? And where will you be able to watch it for yourself?
When can we watch it?
Nicola Sturgeon is due to appear before the committee at 9am on Wednesday, March 3.
The hearing is expected to take up to four hours.
Where can we watch it?
The National's top team of journalists will be watching to keep you up to date with all the latest from Sturgeon's testimony. You will also be able to follow it live from our blog as we bring you every development as it happens.
Elsewhere, the First Minister's appearance before the committee will be broadcast live on the Scottish Parliament's website.
You will be able to watch the meeting in Holyrood's Robert Burns Room here.
The Scottish Parliament website is expecting high volumes of traffic, which may affect how well it runs. As a backup, you should be able to watch it on parliament's YouTube.
It’s likely BBC News and Sky News will also be showing some of the hearing on their channels. BBC News and BBC Parliament showed Salmond's submission last week.
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