questions. The next item of business is First Minister's questions. And at question number one,

I call Russell Finley. Thank you, President Officer. Our party, my colleague Liam Kerr,

submitted an amendment to the Victims Bill to secure a grooming gang's inquiry in Scotland.

The Justice Secretary Angela Constance rejected it and said that further inquiries were not necessary.

She told Parliament that a leading expert, Professor Alexis J., shares my view.

That was a direct quote.

But Professor Jay does not share Angela Constance's view.

In an email to the Justice Secretary, which we forced the Government to release,

Professor Jay says that her views had, and I quote,

nothing to do with Mr Kerr's amendment or the position in Scotland.

Professor Jay asked for her position to be clarified. So can John Swinney explain why

his Justice Secretary did not correct the parliamentary record?

The comments that the Justice Secretary made in the Stage three proceedings on the Victims and Witnesses Bill

were, as I said to Mr Finley last week, a reflection of the general comments that were made about the issues at that time.

And, of course, the issues that Professor Jay raised were corrected in the minutes of the National

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Group, which were of course published as a consequence

of that meeting and released to the public of that information, which clarified the point

that Professor Jay was concerned about.

Russell Finley. That's hear Mr Finley.

That answer might have held water last week, but it doesn't anymore, First Minister.

The Justice Secretary brazenly misrepresented a leading child abuse expert in order to block a grooming gang inquiry in Scotland.

The Ministerial code requires government

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