Motion · S5M-23218.2 · 3 Nov 2020

Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints

Lodged by John Swinney (Scottish National Party) Amendment 0 supporters

The motion

As an amendment to motion S5M-23218 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints), leave out from "calls" to end and insert "acknowledges that legal professional privilege is an important established legal principle that gives both individuals and organisations the right to privacy in legal advice, that successive Scottish and UK governments of different political configurations have operated on the basis that legal professional privilege enables decisions to be informed by full and frank legal advice, and that, while maintaining its legal professional privilege, the Scottish Government has provided and is providing substantial documentation and other evidence to support the work of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints, including the Lord Advocate making himself available to provide oral evidence on relevant matters."

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.