Kate Forbes has insisted that Angela Constance quoted Alexis Jay accurately, despite the child abuse expert’s unhappiness with the Justice Secretary’s remarks.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland on Friday morning, the Deputy First Minister said it was a matter of "context".

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Both the Tories and Scottish Labour have tabled motions of no confidence in Ms Constance, after The Herald obtained correspondence showing Professor Jay sought clarification following comments by the Cabinet Secretary during a Holyrood debate.

Urging MSPs to vote down a Tory amendment to the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill — which would have required the new Victims Commissioner to carry out research into grooming gangs and organised child exploitation — the minister said the forme

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