Scottish Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr claimed her failure to mention this memo during her earlier appearance showed that her answers were “incomplete and therefore misleading to Parliament”.
Kerr continued: “The first minister was in possession of information that was not in the public domain.
“There was no reason for the first minister to be given this information regarding a politically sensitive court case”
Bain’s explanation was that when she was called to the chamber last week she had not “in the time available before answering the urgent question, seen the March 2025 document”.
She added: “I had not seen the document since it was sent.”
The lord advocate continued to insist she had acted appropriately.
She said that she “does not brief political parties,” but does advise” constitutional office holders of information they require to be aware of”.
