Scotland’s former first minister appears before MSPs investigating inquiry by Nicola Sturgeon’s government into complaints made against him

Salmond has arrived for the hearing.

This is ⁦@AlexSalmond⁩ (back seat) arriving at Holyrood to give evidence under oath pic.twitter.com/9hYkoOZl1i

The hearing is likely to last for a daunting four hours. And it could be longer. We have been promised one break midway through.

You’ll be able to watch it on the Scottish parliament channel, but we’ll have a feed at the top of this blog.

Busy afternoon ahead at Committee. Considering the botched handling of harassment complaints by the Scottish Government. Evidence from Alex Salmond today and Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday. You can watch on the parliament website.

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