back to 2013 during mister salmon's time as a serving first minister when he would have been living here at the first minister's official residence. the current occupant, nicola sturgeonid she had been aware of the investigation for some time but she said the complaints could not be ignored or swept under the carpet. i've made clear on many occasions that in all workplaces, people must feel able to bring forward complaints and have confidence that they will be treated seriously. and now, it is important that you process and fair process is followed. mr salmond has described the complaints procedure as unjust and has said he will proceed with a judicial review of the complaints process at the court of session. in a statement he said he has not been allowed to see and therefore properly challenge the evidence against him. he added that the permanent secretary chose to deny any permanent secretary chose to deny a ny co nta ct permanent secretary chose to deny any contact with any civil servant, many of whom wish to give evidence on my behalf and access to documentation to allow me to properly challenge the complaints, all of which i be few and some of which were patented