Latest updates: chair Heather Hallett to make opening statement as first witnesses will appear on Wednesday
Lord Bethell, a health minister during the pandemic, has told Sky News that the government should have started lockdown “earlier” and “harder”. He also said he thought that the Covid inquiry was going to take too long. These are from Sky’s Tamara Cohen.
The deputy leader of the SNP, Keith Brown, has insisted that Humza Yousaf is “sticking to principles of natural justice” as he resits demands to suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon.
Nicola Sturgeon has not been charged, she has not been accused of anything, the arrest I appreciate is a dramatic thing to have happened and its perhaps not well understood that arrest is to ensure the interview and information gathering is put onto a formal footing.
