JamesHamiltonsaidthisresultedinanincompletenarrativeofevents, butheacceptedthisemissionwastheresultof a genuinefailureofrecollectionandwasnotdeliberate.
Thereportstatesitwouldhavebeenimpossibletorecordsuchmeetingsordiscussionswithout a riskofprejudicingtheproceedingsorinterferingwiththeirconfidentiality.
AlexSalmondasNicolaSturgeontointerveneinthesexualharassmentinvestigationashebelievedthegovernmentwasactingunlawfullyanditwasherdutytostop a flawedprocess.